=== modified file 'modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module'
--- modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	
+++ modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function taxonomy_overview_terms($vid) {
   foreach ($tree as $term) {
     $total_entries++; // we're counting all-totals, not displayed
     if (($start_from && ($start_from * $page_increment) >= $total_entries) || ($displayed_count == $page_increment)) { continue; }
-    $rows[] = array(_taxonomy_depth($term->depth) . ' ' . l($term->name, "taxonomy/term/$term->tid"), l(t('edit'), "admin/content/taxonomy/edit/term/$term->tid", array(), $destination));
+    $rows[] = array(str_repeat('--', $term->depth) . ' ' . l($term->name, "taxonomy/term/$term->tid"), l(t('edit'), "admin/content/taxonomy/edit/term/$term->tid", array(), $destination));
     $displayed_count++; // we're counting tids displayed
   }
 
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ function taxonomy_form_all($free_tags = 
     $options[$vocabulary->name] = array();
     if ($tree) {
       foreach ($tree as $term) {
-        $options[$vocabulary->name][$term->tid] = _taxonomy_depth($term->depth, '-') . $term->name;
+        $options[$vocabulary->name][$term->tid] = str_repeat('-', $term->depth) . $term->name;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ function _taxonomy_term_select($title, $
   if ($tree) {
     foreach ($tree as $term) {
       if (!in_array($term->tid, $exclude)) {
-        $options[$term->tid] = _taxonomy_depth($term->depth, '-') . $term->name;
+        $options[$term->tid] = str_repeat('-', $term->depth) . $term->name;
       }
     }
     if (!$blank && !$value) {
@@ -1068,13 +1068,6 @@ function theme_taxonomy_term_select($ele
   return theme('select', $element);
 }
 
-function _taxonomy_depth($depth, $graphic = '--') {
-  for ($n = 0; $n < $depth; $n++) {
-    $result .= $graphic;
-  }
-  return $result;
-}
-
 /**
  * Finds all nodes that match selected taxonomy conditions.
  *