diff --git a/target-i386/translate.c b/target-i386/translate.c
index 2359787b42b218960f6ebabea1daf02edc5d89c7..6fcd8245d2df7117fea5fa226c6fc96c4fd5559e 100644
--- a/target-i386/translate.c
+++ b/target-i386/translate.c
@@ -1506,14 +1506,6 @@ static void gen_shift_rm_im(DisasContext *s, TCGMemOp ot, int op1, int op2,
     }
 }
 
-static inline void tcg_gen_lshift(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1, target_long arg2)
-{
-    if (arg2 >= 0)
-        tcg_gen_shli_tl(ret, arg1, arg2);
-    else
-        tcg_gen_shri_tl(ret, arg1, -arg2);
-}
-
 static void gen_rot_rm_T1(DisasContext *s, TCGMemOp ot, int op1, int is_right)
 {
     target_ulong mask = (ot == MO_64 ? 0x3f : 0x1f);