diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index af60fd050844e6f8178290ff533bd1e37ecf1c4f..e013c68bfb0047330f27d50cdb5714957b997403 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct rtnl_link_ops {
 
 extern int	__rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
 extern void	__rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
-extern void	rtnl_kill_links(struct net *net, struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
 
 extern int	rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
 extern void	rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index b2a718dfd720f69c46aca7a7ff2ce50f8b14d907..8121268ddbddfcd2da9845c8254fe0406b031be9 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -299,14 +299,6 @@ static void __rtnl_kill_links(struct net *net, struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
 }
 
-void rtnl_kill_links(struct net *net, struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
-{
-	rtnl_lock();
-	__rtnl_kill_links(net, ops);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_kill_links);
-
 /**
  * __rtnl_link_unregister - Unregister rtnl_link_ops from rtnetlink.
  * @ops: struct rtnl_link_ops * to unregister