diff --git a/src/rt/rust_task.cpp b/src/rt/rust_task.cpp
index 6949df03f43..2e6c41a8e79 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_task.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_task.cpp
@@ -397,16 +397,6 @@ void rust_task::start()
     sched->lock.signal();
 }
 
-void
-rust_task::grow(size_t n_frame_bytes)
-{
-    // FIXME (issue #151): Just fail rather than almost certainly crashing
-    // mysteriously later. The commented-out logic below won't work at all in
-    // the presence of non-word-aligned pointers.
-    abort();
-
-}
-
 // Only run this on the rust stack
 void
 rust_task::yield(size_t time_in_us, bool *killed) {
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_task.h b/src/rt/rust_task.h
index 1f924793e3d..21d20691ac6 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_task.h
+++ b/src/rt/rust_task.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ rust_task : public kernel_owned<rust_task>, rust_cond
     void start(uintptr_t spawnee_fn,
                uintptr_t args);
     void start();
-    void grow(size_t n_frame_bytes);
     bool running();
     bool blocked();
     bool blocked_on(rust_cond *cond);