diff --git a/anki/utils.py b/anki/utils.py
index ddc9ce22a..b7f38ee6a 100644
--- a/anki/utils.py
+++ b/anki/utils.py
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ def stripHTML(s):
     s = entsToTxt(s)
     return s
 
-def stripHTMLAlt(s):
-    "Strip HTML, preserving img alt text."
-    s = re.sub("<img [^>]*alt=[\"']?([^\"'>]+)[\"']?[^>]*>", "\\1", s)
-    return stripHTML(s)
-
 def stripHTMLMedia(s):
     "Strip HTML but keep media filenames"
     s = re.sub("<img src=[\"']?([^\"'>]+)[\"']? ?/?>", " \\1 ", s)