diff --git a/src/ctemplate/template_dictionary.h.in b/src/ctemplate/template_dictionary.h.in
index 8612f82..ca232e7 100644
--- a/src/ctemplate/template_dictionary.h.in
+++ b/src/ctemplate/template_dictionary.h.in
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ class @ac_windows_dllexport@ TemplateDictionary : public TemplateDictionaryInter
       __attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, 4, 5)))
 #endif
      ;  // starts at 4 because of implicit 1st arg 'this'
-  void SetEscapedValueAndShowSection(const TemplateString variable,
-                                     const TemplateString value,
-                                     const TemplateModifier& escfn,
-                                     const TemplateString section_name);
 
 
  private:
diff --git a/src/template_dictionary.cc b/src/template_dictionary.cc
index 78864d2..a243d8d 100644
--- a/src/template_dictionary.cc
+++ b/src/template_dictionary.cc
@@ -616,16 +616,6 @@ void TemplateDictionary::SetValueAndShowSection(const TemplateString variable,
   sub_dict->SetValue(variable, value);
 }
 
-void TemplateDictionary::SetEscapedValueAndShowSection(
-    const TemplateString variable, const TemplateString value,
-    const TemplateModifier& escfn, const TemplateString section_name) {
-  string escaped_string(escfn(value.ptr_, value.length_));
-  if (escaped_string.empty())    // no value: the do-nothing case
-    return;
-  TemplateDictionary* sub_dict = AddSectionDictionary(section_name);
-  sub_dict->SetValue(variable, escaped_string);
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // TemplateDictionary::AddIncludeDictionary()
 //    This is much like AddSectionDictionary().  One major difference
diff --git a/src/tests/template_dictionary_unittest.cc b/src/tests/template_dictionary_unittest.cc
index 07c143d..f524a21 100644
--- a/src/tests/template_dictionary_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/tests/template_dictionary_unittest.cc
@@ -481,22 +481,9 @@ TEST(TemplateDictionary, SetValueAndShowSection) {
   dict.SetValueAndShowSection("NOTINSEC", "", "SEC2");
   dict.SetValueAndShowSection("NOTINSEC2", NULL, "SEC3");
 
-  dict.SetEscapedValueAndShowSection("EINSEC", "a & b",
-                                     GOOGLE_NAMESPACE::html_escape,
-                                     "SEC4");
-  dict.SetEscapedValueAndShowSection("EINSEC2", "a beautiful poem",
-                                     FooEscaper(),
-                                     "SEC5");
-  dict.SetEscapedValueAndShowSection("NOTEINSEC", "a long string",
-                                     NullEscaper(),
-                                     "SEC6");
-
   EXPECT_FALSE(peer.IsHiddenSection("SEC1"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(peer.IsHiddenSection("SEC2"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(peer.IsHiddenSection("SEC3"));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(peer.IsHiddenSection("SEC4"));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(peer.IsHiddenSection("SEC5"));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(peer.IsHiddenSection("SEC6"));
 
   // Again, we don't get subdicts, so we have to dump to check values
   string dump;
@@ -514,14 +501,6 @@ TEST(TemplateDictionary, SetValueAndShowSection) {
      "     dictionary 'test_SetValueAndShowSection/SEC1#1' {\n"
      "       INSEC: >bar<\n"
      "     }\n"
-     "   section SEC4 (dict 1 of 1) -->\n"
-     "     dictionary 'test_SetValueAndShowSection/SEC4#1' {\n"
-     "       EINSEC: >a &amp; b<\n"
-     "     }\n"
-     "   section SEC5 (dict 1 of 1) -->\n"
-     "     dictionary 'test_SetValueAndShowSection/SEC5#1' {\n"
-     "       EINSEC2: >foo<\n"
-     "     }\n"
      "}\n");
   EXPECT_STREQ(dump.c_str(), expected);
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/template_regtest.cc b/src/tests/template_regtest.cc
index 9c55254..bc1297f 100644
--- a/src/tests/template_regtest.cc
+++ b/src/tests/template_regtest.cc
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ static TemplateDictionary* MakeDict1() {
   dict->SetEscapedValue("GOTO_MESSAGE", "print \"Go home\"",
                         GOOGLE_NAMESPACE::javascript_escape);
 
-  dict->SetEscapedValueAndShowSection("UPDATE", "monday & tuesday",
-                                      GOOGLE_NAMESPACE::html_escape,
-                                      "UPDATE_SECTION");
+  dict->SetEscapedValue("UPDATE", "monday & tuesday",
+                                      GOOGLE_NAMESPACE::html_escape);
+  dict->ShowSection("UPDATE_SECTION");
 
   dict->SetValue("ALIGNMENT", "\"right\"");   // all results sections see this
   for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {   // we'll do three results