diff --git a/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.h b/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.h
index c4b419393..373269e13 100644
--- a/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.h
+++ b/utils/rowgroup/rowgroup.h
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ public:
     inline std::string getStringField(uint32_t colIndex) const;
     inline const uint8_t* getStringPointer(uint32_t colIndex) const;
     inline uint32_t getStringLength(uint32_t colIndex) const;
-    inline const char* getCharPtrField(uint32_t colIndex, int& len) const;
     void setStringField(const std::string& val, uint32_t colIndex);
     inline void setStringField(const uint8_t*, uint32_t len, uint32_t colIndex);
 
@@ -775,17 +774,6 @@ inline std::string Row::getStringField(uint32_t colIndex) const
                        strnlen((char*) &data[offsets[colIndex]], getColumnWidth(colIndex)));
 }
 
-// Return a char* to the string field with len
-inline const char* Row::getCharPtrField(uint32_t colIndex, int& len) const
-{
-    len = getStringLength(colIndex);
-    if (inStringTable(colIndex))
-    {
-        return (const char*)strings->getPointer(*((uint64_t*) &data[offsets[colIndex]]));
-    }
-    return (char*)&data[offsets[colIndex]];
-}
-
 inline std::string Row::getVarBinaryStringField(uint32_t colIndex) const
 {
     if (inStringTable(colIndex))
diff --git a/utils/windowfunction/idborderby.cpp b/utils/windowfunction/idborderby.cpp
index 1f87a33e9..437f56bf4 100644
--- a/utils/windowfunction/idborderby.cpp
+++ b/utils/windowfunction/idborderby.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ int StringCompare::operator()(IdbCompare* l, Row::Pointer r1, Row::Pointer r2)
     }
     else
     {
-        int len1, len2;
-        const char* s1 = l->row1().getCharPtrField(fSpec.fIndex, len1);
-        const char* s2 = l->row2().getCharPtrField(fSpec.fIndex, len2);
+        int len1 = l->row1().getStringLength(fSpec.fIndex);
+        int len2 = l->row2().getStringLength(fSpec.fIndex);
+        const char* s1 = (const char*)l->row1().getStringPointer(fSpec.fIndex);
+        const char* s2 = (const char*)l->row2().getStringPointer(fSpec.fIndex);
         const std::collate<char>& coll = std::use_facet<std::collate<char> >(loc);
         ret = fSpec.fAsc * coll.compare(s1, s1+len1, s2, s2+len2);
     }