diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtils.java
index 148cd0166..92d613f67 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtils.java
@@ -665,32 +665,6 @@ public static String unescapeXml(String str) {
         return Entities.XML.unescape(str);
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    /**
-     * <p>Escapes the characters in a <code>String</code> to be suitable to pass to
-     * an SQL query.</p>
-     *
-     * <p>For example,
-     * <pre>statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM MOVIES WHERE TITLE='" + 
-     *   StringEscapeUtils.escapeSql("McHale's Navy") + 
-     *   "'");</pre>
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * <p>At present, this method only turns single-quotes into doubled single-quotes
-     * (<code>"McHale's Navy"</code> => <code>"McHale''s Navy"</code>). It does not
-     * handle the cases of percent (%) or underscore (_) for use in LIKE clauses.</p>
-     *
-     * see http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=8881
-     * @param str  the string to escape, may be null
-     * @return a new String, escaped for SQL, <code>null</code> if null string input
-     */
-    public static String escapeSql(String str) {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return StringUtils.replace(str, "'", "''");
-    }
-
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtilsTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtilsTest.java
index 18e6233f4..8562a32e6 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtilsTest.java
@@ -324,17 +324,6 @@ public void testEscapeXml() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("XML was unescaped incorrectly", "<abc>", sw.toString() );
     }
 
-    // SQL
-    // see http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=8881
-    //--------------------
-
-    public void testEscapeSql() throws Exception
-    {
-        assertEquals("don''t stop", StringEscapeUtils.escapeSql("don't stop"));
-        assertEquals("", StringEscapeUtils.escapeSql(""));
-        assertEquals(null, StringEscapeUtils.escapeSql(null));
-    }
-
     // Tests issue #38569
     // http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38569
     public void testStandaloneAmphersand() {