diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
index ef7800a15908b7d220d805133ae963987fd28f02..6cda4a180e12fa6aa5424d9ee81b9bd07d28b403 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
@@ -140,13 +140,8 @@ thermal_cooling_device_stats_update(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
 
 /* device tree support */
 #ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_OF
-int of_thermal_get_ntrips(struct thermal_zone_device *);
 bool of_thermal_is_trip_valid(struct thermal_zone_device *, int);
 #else
-static inline int of_thermal_get_ntrips(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 static inline bool of_thermal_is_trip_valid(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 					    int trip)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
index 2e8b1d635b3bed6f4212383d0d0ca86133a3e3b8..6cb3b59cab6ddb412622c2d696f20450ad32c07f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
@@ -19,22 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "thermal_core.h"
 
-/**
- * of_thermal_get_ntrips - function to export number of available trip
- *			   points.
- * @tz: pointer to a thermal zone
- *
- * This function is a globally visible wrapper to get number of trip points
- * stored in the local struct __thermal_zone
- *
- * Return: number of available trip points, -ENODEV when data not available
- */
-int of_thermal_get_ntrips(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
-{
-	return tz->num_trips;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_thermal_get_ntrips);
-
 /**
  * of_thermal_is_trip_valid - function to check if trip point is valid
  *