diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
index 9208b18cb1e96dfa122b0948bb6e26acd86178b8..c2bc9180cb7971cead3a507d79ebfbb622d80fbb 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
@@ -870,7 +870,6 @@ void hci_conn_params_clear_enabled(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 
 struct hci_conn_params *hci_pend_le_conn_lookup(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 						bdaddr_t *addr, u8 addr_type);
-void hci_pend_le_conn_add(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct hci_conn_params *params);
 
 void hci_update_background_scan(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 3a1a25dcb2bc4706fb24a2e3ecc7b0ac941118b4..38a0c5cd0ee4b29351a97449c15480170235c100 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -3461,16 +3461,6 @@ struct hci_conn_params *hci_pend_le_conn_lookup(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 }
 
 /* This function requires the caller holds hdev->lock */
-void hci_pend_le_conn_add(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct hci_conn_params *params)
-{
-	list_del_init(&params->action);
-	list_add(&params->action, &hdev->pend_le_conns);
-
-	BT_DBG("addr %pMR (type %u)", &params->addr, params->addr_type);
-
-	hci_update_background_scan(hdev);
-}
-
 struct hci_conn_params *hci_conn_params_add(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 					    bdaddr_t *addr, u8 addr_type)
 {