diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
index f2c5e606c8b3..9fccbb10face 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ char *setup_kdump_cmdline(struct kimage *image, char *cmdline,
 int setup_purgatory(struct kimage *image, const void *slave_code,
 		    const void *fdt, unsigned long kernel_load_addr,
 		    unsigned long fdt_load_addr);
-int delete_fdt_mem_rsv(void *fdt, unsigned long start, unsigned long size);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 struct kexec_buf;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c
index dc28cb7813c8..4284f76cbef5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c
@@ -107,35 +107,3 @@ int setup_purgatory(struct kimage *image, const void *slave_code,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-/**
- * delete_fdt_mem_rsv - delete memory reservation with given address and size
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, or negative errno on error.
- */
-int delete_fdt_mem_rsv(void *fdt, unsigned long start, unsigned long size)
-{
-	int i, ret, num_rsvs = fdt_num_mem_rsv(fdt);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num_rsvs; i++) {
-		uint64_t rsv_start, rsv_size;
-
-		ret = fdt_get_mem_rsv(fdt, i, &rsv_start, &rsv_size);
-		if (ret) {
-			pr_err("Malformed device tree.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-
-		if (rsv_start == start && rsv_size == size) {
-			ret = fdt_del_mem_rsv(fdt, i);
-			if (ret) {
-				pr_err("Error deleting device tree reservation.\n");
-				return -EINVAL;
-			}
-
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return -ENOENT;
-}