diff --git a/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h b/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h
index 412174f6bf5716d97f87da0ecff8e31b4821790d..87a570fb6dffe5aaa55b5bb9ff61dfe65a894641 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h
+++ b/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ int value_add LDAP_P(( struct berval ***vals, struct berval **addvals ));
 void value_normalize LDAP_P(( char *s, int syntax ));
 int value_cmp LDAP_P(( struct berval *v1, struct berval *v2, int syntax,
 	int normalize ));
-int value_ncmp LDAP_P(( struct berval *v1, struct berval *v2, int syntax, int len,
-	int normalize ));
 int value_find LDAP_P(( struct berval **vals, struct berval *v, int syntax,
 	int normalize ));
 
diff --git a/servers/slapd/value.c b/servers/slapd/value.c
index f5ee5f47772798de588772427fce2c35da80247a..bb6b7e620b62c13648992eaa592e1af27dd349cc 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/value.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/value.c
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ value_normalize(
 	*d = '\0';
 }
 
-#define LDAP_MIN( a, b )	((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b) )
-
 int
 value_cmp(
     struct berval	*v1,
@@ -137,8 +135,8 @@ value_cmp(
 		break;
 
 	case SYNTAX_BIN:
-		rc = memcmp( v1->bv_val, v2->bv_val, LDAP_MIN( v1->bv_len,
-		    v2->bv_len ) );
+		rc = ( v1->bv_len == v2->bv_len ) ? memcmp( v1->bv_val, 
+		    v2->bv_val, v1->bv_len ) : v1->bv_len - v2->bv_len ;
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -152,50 +150,6 @@ value_cmp(
 	return( rc );
 }
 
-int
-value_ncmp(
-    struct berval	*v1,
-    struct berval	*v2,
-    int			syntax,
-    int			len,
-    int			normalize
-)
-{
-	int	rc;
-
-	if ( normalize & 1 ) {
-		v1 = ber_bvdup( v1 );
-		value_normalize( v1->bv_val, syntax );
-	}
-	if ( normalize & 2 ) {
-		v2 = ber_bvdup( v2 );
-		value_normalize( v2->bv_val, syntax );
-	}
-
-	switch ( syntax ) {
-	case SYNTAX_CIS:
-	case (SYNTAX_CIS | SYNTAX_TEL):
-		rc = strncasecmp( v1->bv_val, v2->bv_val, len );
-		break;
-
-	case SYNTAX_CES:
-		rc = strncmp( v1->bv_val, v2->bv_val, len );
-		break;
-
-	case SYNTAX_BIN:
-		rc = memcmp( v1->bv_val, v2->bv_val, len );
-	}
-
-	if ( normalize & 1 ) {
-		ber_bvfree( v1 );
-	}
-	if ( normalize & 2 ) {
-		ber_bvfree( v2 );
-	}
-
-	return( rc );
-}
-
 int
 value_find(
     struct berval	**vals,