diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
index fb67c248f81593a74e82fbcf2f0dc08668a1c3d7..5d3d4b61ec894ae9b473c09e130fbeee2c7e9777 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
@@ -1162,8 +1162,7 @@ void ath6kl_rx(struct htc_target *target, struct htc_packet *packet)
 	seq_no = wmi_data_hdr_get_seqno(dhdr);
 	meta_type = wmi_data_hdr_get_meta(dhdr);
 	dot11_hdr = wmi_data_hdr_get_dot11(dhdr);
-
-	ath6kl_wmi_data_hdr_remove(ar->wmi, skb);
+	skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct wmi_data_hdr));
 
 	switch (meta_type) {
 	case WMI_META_VERSION_1:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
index f5aa33dd4c42da1127b462d75bb718336005aa1b..13b1a20cef0951a9450796f4597d9e33db6b6e7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
@@ -376,16 +376,6 @@ int ath6kl_wmi_dot3_2_dix(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ath6kl_wmi_data_hdr_remove(struct wmi *wmi, struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (WARN_ON(skb == NULL))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct wmi_data_hdr));
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void ath6kl_wmi_convert_bssinfo_hdr2_to_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						   u8 *datap)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h
index fe3ddce6408793e541c8fcaa1b712daa3ccd10cc..8fa5d6e46f0ee3e572923651fdb8be88f85af141 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h
@@ -1925,7 +1925,6 @@ int ath6kl_wmi_data_hdr_add(struct wmi *wmi, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 int ath6kl_wmi_dot11_hdr_remove(struct wmi *wmi, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int ath6kl_wmi_dot3_2_dix(struct sk_buff *skb);
-int ath6kl_wmi_data_hdr_remove(struct wmi *wmi, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int ath6kl_wmi_implicit_create_pstream(struct wmi *wmi, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       u32 layer2_priority, bool wmm_enabled,
 				       u8 *ac);