diff --git a/cue/builtins.go b/cue/builtins.go
index 48c2c2d..b75ddc0 100644
--- a/cue/builtins.go
+++ b/cue/builtins.go
@@ -1888,16 +1888,6 @@
 				}()
 			},
 		}, {
-			Name:   "CanBackquote",
-			Params: []kind{stringKind},
-			Result: boolKind,
-			Func: func(c *callCtxt) {
-				s := c.string(0)
-				c.ret = func() interface{} {
-					return strconv.CanBackquote(s)
-				}()
-			},
-		}, {
 			Name:   "IsPrint",
 			Params: []kind{intKind},
 			Result: boolKind,
diff --git a/pkg/strconv/strconv.go b/pkg/strconv/strconv.go
index fac12d8..06213d5 100644
--- a/pkg/strconv/strconv.go
+++ b/pkg/strconv/strconv.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-//go:generate qgo -exclude=Append,Unquote,Itoa extract strconv
+//go:generate qgo -exclude=Append,Unquote,Itoa,CanBackquote extract strconv
 
 package strconv
 
@@ -174,13 +174,6 @@
 	return strconv.QuoteRuneToGraphic(r)
 }
 
-// CanBackquote reports whether the string s can be represented
-// unchanged as a single-line backquoted string without control
-// characters other than tab.
-func CanBackquote(s string) bool {
-	return strconv.CanBackquote(s)
-}
-
 // IsPrint reports whether the rune is defined as printable by Go, with
 // the same definition as unicode.IsPrint: letters, numbers, punctuation,
 // symbols and ASCII space.