diff --git a/plugins/perl/perl.plugin.zsh b/plugins/perl/perl.plugin.zsh
index f94c4195d..1fbf7c122 100644
--- a/plugins/perl/perl.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/perl/perl.plugin.zsh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ alias latest-perl='curl -s http://www.perl.org/get.html | perl -wlne '\''if (/pe
 
 # Functions #################################################################
 
-# newpl - creates a basic Perl script file and opens it with $EDITOR 
+# newpl - creates a basic Perl script file and opens it with $EDITOR
 newpl () {
 	# set $EDITOR to 'vim' if it is undefined
 	[[ -z $EDITOR ]] && EDITOR=vim
@@ -54,9 +54,3 @@ pgs() { # [find] [replace] [filename]
 prep() { # [pattern] [filename unless STDOUT]
     perl -nle 'print if /'"$1"'/;' $2
 }
-
-# say - append a newline to 'print'
-say() {
-    print "$1\n"
-}
-