diff --git a/src/util/virnetlink.c b/src/util/virnetlink.c
index 86c9c9cac2d6beb4984fbd266c3ac5dc85b69a57..0052ef9970b24c95d6526d4efd005389f2e7c0ba 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ int virNetlinkCommand(struct nl_msg *nl_msg ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
 
 int
-virNetlinkDelLink(const char *ifname ATTRIBUTE_UNSUPPORTED)
+virNetlinkDelLink(const char *ifname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", _(unsupported));
     return -1;