diff --git a/include/proto/stick_table.h b/include/proto/stick_table.h
index de9fd52..8c97f73 100644
--- a/include/proto/stick_table.h
+++ b/include/proto/stick_table.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 int stktable_compatible_sample(struct sample_expr *expr, unsigned long table_type);
 int stktable_register_data_store(int idx, const char *name, int std_type, int arg_type);
 int stktable_get_data_type(char *name);
-struct proxy *find_stktable(const char *name);
 int stktable_trash_oldest(struct stktable *t, int to_batch);
 
 /* return allocation size for standard data type <type> */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 778edf7..1de7a1f 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -3461,7 +3461,7 @@
 		int myidx = 1;
 		struct proxy *other;
 
-		other = find_stktable(curproxy->id);
+		other = proxy_tbl_by_name(curproxy->id);
 		if (other) {
 			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : stick-table name '%s' conflicts with table declared in %s '%s' at %s:%d.\n",
 			      file, linenum, curproxy->id, proxy_type_str(other), other->id, other->conf.file, other->conf.line);
diff --git a/src/dumpstats.c b/src/dumpstats.c
index 559f229..3f5c069 100644
--- a/src/dumpstats.c
+++ b/src/dumpstats.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@
 	appctx->st0 = action;
 
 	if (*args[2]) {
-		appctx->ctx.table.target = find_stktable(args[2]);
+		appctx->ctx.table.target = proxy_tbl_by_name(args[2]);
 		if (!appctx->ctx.table.target) {
 			appctx->ctx.cli.msg = "No such table\n";
 			appctx->st0 = STAT_CLI_PRINT;
diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 5e1bdc3..eec37fa 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
 				WILL_LJMP(luaL_argerror(L, first + idx, "string expected"));
 			memcpy(trash.str, argp[idx].data.str.str, argp[idx].data.str.len);
 			trash.str[argp[idx].data.str.len] = 0;
-			argp[idx].data.prx = find_stktable(trash.str);
+			argp[idx].data.prx = proxy_tbl_by_name(trash.str);
 			if (!argp[idx].data.prx)
 				WILL_LJMP(luaL_argerror(L, first + idx, "table doesn't exist"));
 			argp[idx].type = ARGT_TAB;
diff --git a/src/sample.c b/src/sample.c
index 3ad2d20..47d48c8 100644
--- a/src/sample.c
+++ b/src/sample.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@
 		case ARGT_TAB:
 			if (arg->data.str.len) {
 				pname = arg->data.str.str;
-				px = find_stktable(pname);
+				px = proxy_tbl_by_name(pname);
 			}
 
 			if (!px) {
diff --git a/src/stick_table.c b/src/stick_table.c
index 19d6af1..b68772c 100644
--- a/src/stick_table.c
+++ b/src/stick_table.c
@@ -784,24 +784,6 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
-/* Returns pointer to proxy containing table <name> or NULL if not found */
-struct proxy *find_stktable(const char *name)
-{
-	struct proxy *px;
-	struct ebpt_node *node;
-
-	for (node = ebis_lookup(&proxy_by_name, name); node; node = ebpt_next(node)) {
-		px = container_of(node, struct proxy, conf.by_name);
-
-		if (strcmp(px->id, name) != 0)
-			break;
-
-		if (px->table.size)
-			return px;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /* Casts sample <smp> to the type of the table specified in arg(0), and looks
  * it up into this table. Returns true if found, false otherwise. The input
  * type is STR so that input samples are converted to string (since all types