diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index 2ade99b105b91e263aa14e0463a1098e844b25ce..e627d7b2790f75c5656bc9ef58afa823e8cbefbf 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -276,16 +276,6 @@ void i2c_acpi_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 		dev_warn(&adap->dev, "failed to enumerate I2C slaves\n");
 }
 
-const struct acpi_device_id *
-i2c_acpi_match_device(const struct acpi_device_id *matches,
-		      struct i2c_client *client)
-{
-	if (!(client && matches))
-		return NULL;
-
-	return acpi_match_device(matches, &client->dev);
-}
-
 static const struct acpi_device_id i2c_acpi_force_400khz_device_ids[] = {
 	/*
 	 * These Silead touchscreen controllers only work at 400KHz, for
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
index 94ff1693b3913f4b0717c03420a0e56a2d4666a3..8ce261167a2d3d9d7f7a8f87979a79fe62351cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
@@ -59,20 +59,11 @@ static inline int __i2c_check_suspended(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-const struct acpi_device_id *
-i2c_acpi_match_device(const struct acpi_device_id *matches,
-		      struct i2c_client *client);
 void i2c_acpi_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap);
 
 int i2c_acpi_get_irq(struct i2c_client *client);
 #else /* CONFIG_ACPI */
 static inline void i2c_acpi_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap) { }
-static inline const struct acpi_device_id *
-i2c_acpi_match_device(const struct acpi_device_id *matches,
-		      struct i2c_client *client)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
 
 static inline int i2c_acpi_get_irq(struct i2c_client *client)
 {