diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
index d9255b53be109d7b30bbc6313a68df6e916105d5..5f5820249a2956a2177ee83e42ea69415cde75b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
@@ -2170,27 +2170,6 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_missed_beacon_write(struct file *file,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_internal_scan_write(struct file *file,
-					 const char __user *user_buf,
-					 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	struct iwl_priv *priv = file->private_data;
-	char buf[8];
-	int buf_size;
-	int scan;
-
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
-	buf_size = min(count, sizeof(buf) -  1);
-	if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, buf_size))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &scan) != 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	iwl_internal_short_hw_scan(priv);
-
-	return count;
-}
-
 static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_plcp_delta_read(struct file *file,
 					char __user *user_buf,
 					size_t count, loff_t *ppos) {
@@ -2304,7 +2283,6 @@ DEBUGFS_WRITE_FILE_OPS(csr);
 DEBUGFS_READ_WRITE_FILE_OPS(ucode_tracing);
 DEBUGFS_READ_FILE_OPS(fh_reg);
 DEBUGFS_READ_WRITE_FILE_OPS(missed_beacon);
-DEBUGFS_WRITE_FILE_OPS(internal_scan);
 DEBUGFS_READ_WRITE_FILE_OPS(plcp_delta);
 DEBUGFS_READ_WRITE_FILE_OPS(force_reset);
 DEBUGFS_READ_FILE_OPS(rxon_flags);
@@ -2360,7 +2338,6 @@ int iwl_dbgfs_register(struct iwl_priv *priv, const char *name)
 	DEBUGFS_ADD_FILE(csr, dir_debug, S_IWUSR);
 	DEBUGFS_ADD_FILE(fh_reg, dir_debug, S_IRUSR);
 	DEBUGFS_ADD_FILE(missed_beacon, dir_debug, S_IWUSR);
-	DEBUGFS_ADD_FILE(internal_scan, dir_debug, S_IWUSR);
 	DEBUGFS_ADD_FILE(plcp_delta, dir_debug, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR);
 	DEBUGFS_ADD_FILE(force_reset, dir_debug, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR);
 	if ((priv->hw_rev & CSR_HW_REV_TYPE_MSK) != CSR_HW_REV_TYPE_3945) {