diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index d63b582b68750cb69587b81cb3e2e59dd8a1d0f2..55c1d0332b2ab48750de0243536e11a35342c5b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -512,8 +512,6 @@ void rt2x00lib_rxdone(struct queue_entry *entry)
 		 (rxdesc.size > header_length) &&
 		 (rxdesc.dev_flags & RXDONE_L2PAD))
 		rt2x00queue_remove_l2pad(entry->skb, header_length);
-	else
-		rt2x00queue_align_payload(entry->skb, header_length);
 
 	/* Trim buffer to correct size */
 	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc.size);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h
index 2d94cbaf5f4aac1c52f9049c70c6b5d06f88b899..63c40d457244698fb32a4fe05de112b09f2d2db6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h
@@ -118,16 +118,6 @@ void rt2x00queue_free_skb(struct queue_entry *entry);
  */
 void rt2x00queue_align_frame(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
-/**
- * rt2x00queue_align_payload - Align 802.11 payload to 4-byte boundary
- * @skb: The skb to align
- * @header_length: Length of 802.11 header
- *
- * Align the 802.11 payload to a 4-byte boundary, this could
- * mean the header is not aligned properly though.
- */
-void rt2x00queue_align_payload(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int header_length);
-
 /**
  * rt2x00queue_insert_l2pad - Align 802.11 header & payload to 4-byte boundary
  * @skb: The skb to align
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index 4b3c70eeef1f2cb02e5096337e7e2fbb539bfb56..5d8925991ffba1050e822cb6fdef51e51c325708 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -148,19 +148,6 @@ void rt2x00queue_align_frame(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb_trim(skb, frame_length);
 }
 
-void rt2x00queue_align_payload(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int header_length)
-{
-	unsigned int frame_length = skb->len;
-	unsigned int align = ALIGN_SIZE(skb, header_length);
-
-	if (!align)
-		return;
-
-	skb_push(skb, align);
-	memmove(skb->data, skb->data + align, frame_length);
-	skb_trim(skb, frame_length);
-}
-
 void rt2x00queue_insert_l2pad(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int header_length)
 {
 	unsigned int payload_length = skb->len - header_length;