diff --git a/SystemTools.cxx b/SystemTools.cxx
index c09001be2c3c8fa1bb12410c01feded2d3dc9408..5ce335af8218e274875d31b6f47a45cc7f49988a 100644
--- a/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -4000,29 +4000,6 @@ bool SystemTools::IsSubDirectory(const char* cSubdir, const char* cDir)
   return false;
 }
 
-kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::FileExistsInParentDirectories(const char* fname,
-  const char* directory, const char* toplevel)
-{
-  kwsys_stl::string file = fname;
-  SystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(file);
-  kwsys_stl::string dir = directory;
-  SystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(dir);
-  while ( !dir.empty() )
-    {
-    kwsys_stl::string path = dir + "/" + file;
-    if ( SystemTools::FileExists(path.c_str()) )
-      {
-      return path;
-      }
-    if ( dir.size() < strlen(toplevel) )
-      {
-      break;
-      }
-    dir = SystemTools::GetParentDirectory(dir.c_str());
-    }
-  return "";
-}
-
 void SystemTools::Delay(unsigned int msec)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/SystemTools.hxx.in b/SystemTools.hxx.in
index 585e488c30042c06ca8c2de16c330278677ad28f..94586b0fe41f6a3af7bda7d408051a0e609cd1fd 100644
--- a/SystemTools.hxx.in
+++ b/SystemTools.hxx.in
@@ -659,14 +659,6 @@ public:
                               const char *dir, 
                               kwsys_stl::string& filename_found,
                               int try_filename_dirs = 0);
-  
-  /** 
-   * Check if the given file exists in one of the parent directory of the
-   * given file or directory and if it does, return the name of the file.
-   * Toplevel specifies the top-most directory to where it will look.
-   */
-  static kwsys_stl::string FileExistsInParentDirectories(const char* fname,
-    const char* directory, const char* toplevel);
 
   /** compute the relative path from local to remote.  local must 
       be a directory.  remote can be a file or a directory.  
diff --git a/kwsysDateStamp.cmake b/kwsysDateStamp.cmake
index 65f81e6ca20c3bc139e4e49e6c36817fbef2a637..86b891bbe6165db60fa530a38c9611eb2b18254c 100644
--- a/kwsysDateStamp.cmake
+++ b/kwsysDateStamp.cmake
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_YEAR  2009)
 SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_MONTH 04)
 
 # KWSys version date day component.  Format is DD.
-SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_DAY   20)
+SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_DAY   21)