diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.c b/net/ethtool/common.c
index ce486cec346c..6b2a360dcdf0 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.c
@@ -712,8 +712,3 @@ ethtool_forced_speed_maps_init(struct ethtool_forced_speed_map *maps, u32 size)
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ethtool_forced_speed_maps_init);
-
-bool ethtool_eee_use_linkmodes(const struct ethtool_keee *eee)
-{
-	return !linkmode_empty(eee->supported);
-}
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.h b/net/ethtool/common.h
index 0f2b5f7eacee..28b8aaaf9bcb 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.h
@@ -55,6 +55,5 @@ int ethtool_get_module_eeprom_call(struct net_device *dev,
 				   struct ethtool_eeprom *ee, u8 *data);
 
 bool __ethtool_dev_mm_supported(struct net_device *dev);
-bool ethtool_eee_use_linkmodes(const struct ethtool_keee *eee);
 
 #endif /* _ETHTOOL_COMMON_H */