diff --git a/helpers.c b/helpers.c
index f6c49737..e22796ce 100644
--- a/helpers.c
+++ b/helpers.c
@@ -39,30 +39,6 @@
 #include "private.h"
 #include "libite/lite.h"
 
-
-/**
- * atonum - Convert string to integer
- * @str: String value to convert.
- *
- * Returns:
- * The converted (positive) number, or -1 on error, with @errno set.
- */
-int atonum(char *str)
-{
-	int val;
-	char *end;
-
-	if (!str)
-		return -1;
-
-	errno = 0;
-	val = strtol(str, &end, 10);
-	if (errno || end == str)
-		return -1;
-
-	return val;
-}
-
 static int encode(int lvl)
 {
 	if (!lvl) return 0;
diff --git a/helpers.h b/helpers.h
index 03a9aeb8..b6e8c9d7 100644
--- a/helpers.h
+++ b/helpers.h
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ do {								\
 #define SETBIT(a,i)  (a |= (1 << (i)))
 #define CLRBIT(a,i)  (a &= ~(1 << (i)))
 
-int     atonum          (char *str);
-
 void    runlevel_set    (int pre, int now);
 int     runlevel_get    (void);
 char   *runlevel_string (int levels);
diff --git a/libite b/libite
index 4005dd5e..1147e547 160000
--- a/libite
+++ b/libite
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4005dd5e2c1dccb90a12aa8796cac752b33a2ca2
+Subproject commit 1147e547dcb0e07eea3538e2af392477766cd0bf