diff --git a/ccollect b/ccollect
index cd8cf99..f376ca0 100755
--- a/ccollect
+++ b/ccollect
@@ -88,16 +88,6 @@ add_name()
    awk "{ print \"[${name}] \" \$0 }"
 }
 
-#
-# Prepend "ssh ${remote_host}", if backing up to a remote host
-#
-pcmd()
-{
-   [ "${remote_host}" ] && set -- "ssh" "${remote_host}" "$@"
-
-   "$@"
-}
-
 #
 # ssh-"feature": we cannot do '... read ...; ssh  ...; < file',
 # because ssh reads stdin! -n does not work -> does not ask for password