diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 0a68eac5..ba6978a9 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -127,79 +127,6 @@ gulp.task('watch', ['compile'], function() {
 	gulp.watch(tsSources, ['compile-without-clean']);
 });
 
-
-/**
- * Escape text such that it can be used in a javascript string enclosed by double quotes (")
- */
-function escapeText(text) {
-	// http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/escapesequence.shtml
-	// \b	Backspace.
-	// \f	Form feed.
-	// \n	Newline.
-	// \O	Nul character.
-	// \r	Carriage return.
-	// \t	Horizontal tab.
-	// \v	Vertical tab.
-	// \'	Single quote or apostrophe.
-	// \"	Double quote.
-	// \\	Backslash.
-	// \ddd	The Latin-1 character specified by the three octal digits between 0 and 377. ie, copyright symbol is \251.
-	// \xdd	The Latin-1 character specified by the two hexadecimal digits dd between 00 and FF.  ie, copyright symbol is \xA9.
-	// \udddd	The Unicode character specified by the four hexadecimal digits dddd. ie, copyright symbol is \u00A9.
-	var _backspace = '\b'.charCodeAt(0);
-	var _formFeed = '\f'.charCodeAt(0);
-	var _newLine = '\n'.charCodeAt(0);
-	var _nullChar = 0;
-	var _carriageReturn = '\r'.charCodeAt(0);
-	var _tab = '\t'.charCodeAt(0);
-	var _verticalTab = '\v'.charCodeAt(0);
-	var _backslash = '\\'.charCodeAt(0);
-	var _doubleQuote = '"'.charCodeAt(0);
-
-	var startPos = 0, chrCode, replaceWith = null, resultPieces = [];
-
-	for (var i = 0, len = text.length; i < len; i++) {
-		chrCode = text.charCodeAt(i);
-		switch (chrCode) {
-			case _backspace:
-				replaceWith = '\\b';
-				break;
-			case _formFeed:
-				replaceWith = '\\f';
-				break;
-			case _newLine:
-				replaceWith = '\\n';
-				break;
-			case _nullChar:
-				replaceWith = '\\0';
-				break;
-			case _carriageReturn:
-				replaceWith = '\\r';
-				break;
-			case _tab:
-				replaceWith = '\\t';
-				break;
-			case _verticalTab:
-				replaceWith = '\\v';
-				break;
-			case _backslash:
-				replaceWith = '\\\\';
-				break;
-			case _doubleQuote:
-				replaceWith = '\\"';
-				break;
-		}
-		if (replaceWith !== null) {
-			resultPieces.push(text.substring(startPos, i));
-			resultPieces.push(replaceWith);
-			startPos = i + 1;
-			replaceWith = null;
-		}
-	}
-	resultPieces.push(text.substring(startPos, len));
-	return resultPieces.join('');
-}
-
 function getGitVersion(repo) {
 	var git = path.join(repo, '.git');
 	var headPath = path.join(git, 'HEAD');