diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 06c6ad0603acaba8bf76108270d78f216fa6c7fc..56048646393090c6b9833bdd588e4b44b44f8987 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -1064,19 +1064,6 @@ int phylink_ethtool_get_module_eeprom(struct phylink *pl,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_ethtool_get_module_eeprom);
 
-int phylink_init_eee(struct phylink *pl, bool clk_stop_enable)
-{
-	int ret = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
-
-	WARN_ON(!lockdep_rtnl_is_held());
-
-	if (pl->phydev)
-		ret = phy_init_eee(pl->phydev, clk_stop_enable);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_init_eee);
-
 int phylink_get_eee_err(struct phylink *pl)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index cab22ad3bd6fe3fce6bf6b72c44251cbaf1503e0..4d0f42da9078797476b87ba7f3e0555f5f4b1cd5 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ int phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam(struct phylink *,
 int phylink_ethtool_get_module_info(struct phylink *, struct ethtool_modinfo *);
 int phylink_ethtool_get_module_eeprom(struct phylink *,
 				      struct ethtool_eeprom *, u8 *);
-int phylink_init_eee(struct phylink *, bool);
 int phylink_get_eee_err(struct phylink *);
 int phylink_ethtool_get_eee(struct phylink *, struct ethtool_eee *);
 int phylink_ethtool_set_eee(struct phylink *, struct ethtool_eee *);