Removed unused `Zope2.Startup.start_zope` function

doc/CHANGES.rst

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Restructuring
 
 - Updated to zdaemon 2.0.4.
 
+- Removed unused `Zope2.Startup.start_zope` function
+
 Bugs Fixed
 ++++++++++
 

src/Zope2/Startup/__init__.py

@@ -43,23 +43,6 @@ def get_starter():
     else:
         return UnixZopeStarter()
 
-def start_zope(cfg, debug_handler):
-    """The function called by run.py which starts a Zope appserver."""
-    global started
-    if started:
-        # Don't allow any code to call start_zope() twice.
-        return
-
-    starter = get_starter()
-    starter.setConfiguration(cfg)
-    starter.prepare()
-
-    started = True
-    try:
-        starter.run()
-    finally:
-        started = False
-
 
 class ZopeStarter:
     """This is a class which starts a Zope server.