diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 64c97552964a42f523b5c3dcba8a149f5edd4b3e..4b54c5fdcfd928ef1407bf9eb76242b801394b51 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ struct svc_serv *  svc_create(struct svc_program *, unsigned int,
 			      void (*shutdown)(struct svc_serv*));
 struct svc_rqst *svc_prepare_thread(struct svc_serv *serv,
 					struct svc_pool *pool);
-int		   svc_create_thread(svc_thread_fn, struct svc_serv *);
 void		   svc_exit_thread(struct svc_rqst *);
 struct svc_serv *  svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *, unsigned int,
 			void (*shutdown)(struct svc_serv*),
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index a6e68190e0d2e1feb61866f8a77adae4d3d61ec8..e7b716c76366e74694c4b1a190d0a9a3047ffd4e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -618,16 +618,6 @@ __svc_create_thread(svc_thread_fn func, struct svc_serv *serv,
 	goto out;
 }
 
-/*
- * Create a thread in the default pool.  Caller must hold BKL.
- */
-int
-svc_create_thread(svc_thread_fn func, struct svc_serv *serv)
-{
-	return __svc_create_thread(func, serv, &serv->sv_pools[0]);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(svc_create_thread);
-
 /*
  * Choose a pool in which to create a new thread, for svc_set_num_threads
  */