diff --git a/lib/uuid/uuid.c b/lib/uuid/uuid.c
index 78f7781df..14e80f64a 100644
--- a/lib/uuid/uuid.c
+++ b/lib/uuid/uuid.c
@@ -34,16 +34,6 @@ int lvid_create(union lvid *lvid, struct id *vgid)
 	return id_create(&lvid->id[1]);
 }
 
-void uuid_from_num(char *uuid, uint32_t num)
-{
-	unsigned i;
-
-	for (i = ID_LEN; i; i--) {
-		uuid[i - 1] = _c[num % (sizeof(_c) - 1)];
-		num /= sizeof(_c) - 1;
-	}
-}
-
 int lvid_in_restricted_range(union lvid *lvid)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/lib/uuid/uuid.h b/lib/uuid/uuid.h
index f22533dda..5dad2548a 100644
--- a/lib/uuid/uuid.h
+++ b/lib/uuid/uuid.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ union lvid {
 
 int lvid_in_restricted_range(union lvid *lvid);
 
-void uuid_from_num(char *uuid, uint32_t num);
-
 int lvid_create(union lvid *lvid, struct id *vgid);
 int id_create(struct id *id);
 int id_valid(struct id *id);