diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 8856e2d60e9fe5cc04e83445e2b9ea5a6f63f031..e41b9a8d186f2348e613628aaa469d72981ae86d 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -868,8 +868,6 @@ struct ieee80211_hw {
 	u8 max_altrate_tries;
 };
 
-struct ieee80211_hw *wiphy_to_hw(struct wiphy *wiphy);
-
 /**
  * SET_IEEE80211_DEV - set device for 802.11 hardware
  *
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 855126a3039daa16ae64ca60c8087e0439a0d61f..8dc5e46cea68979e1c687c8a891f84054a4465f8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@
 #include "rate.h"
 #include "mesh.h"
 
-struct ieee80211_hw *wiphy_to_hw(struct wiphy *wiphy)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
-	return &local->hw;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_to_hw);
-
 static bool nl80211_type_check(enum nl80211_iftype type)
 {
 	switch (type) {