diff --git a/lib/nodemask.c b/lib/nodemask.c
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index b8a433d16b51..000000000000
--- a/lib/nodemask.c
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include <linux/nodemask.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/random.h>
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__next_node_in);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-/*
- * Return the bit number of a random bit set in the nodemask.
- * (returns NUMA_NO_NODE if nodemask is empty)
- */
-int node_random(const nodemask_t *maskp)
-{
-	int w, bit = NUMA_NO_NODE;
-
-	w = nodes_weight(*maskp);
-	if (w)
-		bit = bitmap_ord_to_pos(maskp->bits,
-			get_random_int() % w, MAX_NUMNODES);
-	return bit;
-}
-#endif