diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
index 3a6f0372fc9658f267fabdf61190b9a32ed4d7e3..08c9c7b8b8e2f972602ec031d6a0ae5398a901ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ static inline int of_mtd_parse_partitions(struct device *dev,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
-static inline int mtd_has_cmdlinepart(void) { return 1; }
-#else
-static inline int mtd_has_cmdlinepart(void) { return 0; }
-#endif
-
 int mtd_is_partition(struct mtd_info *mtd);
 int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, char *name,
 		      long long offset, long long length);