diff --git a/source3/modules/vfs_ceph_snapshots.c b/source3/modules/vfs_ceph_snapshots.c
index f8a8d5a0068..4e226b1d8a1 100644
--- a/source3/modules/vfs_ceph_snapshots.c
+++ b/source3/modules/vfs_ceph_snapshots.c
@@ -1257,27 +1257,6 @@ static int ceph_snap_gmt_mkdirat(vfs_handle_struct *handle,
 			mode);
 }
 
-static int ceph_snap_gmt_chflags(vfs_handle_struct *handle,
-				const struct smb_filename *csmb_fname,
-				unsigned int flags)
-{
-	time_t timestamp = 0;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = ceph_snap_gmt_strip_snapshot(handle,
-					csmb_fname,
-					&timestamp, NULL, 0);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		errno = -ret;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	if (timestamp != 0) {
-		errno = EROFS;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return SMB_VFS_NEXT_CHFLAGS(handle, csmb_fname, flags);
-}
-
 static int ceph_snap_gmt_fchflags(vfs_handle_struct *handle,
 				struct files_struct *fsp,
 				unsigned int flags)
@@ -1516,7 +1495,6 @@ static struct vfs_fn_pointers ceph_snap_fns = {
 	.getxattrat_send_fn = vfs_not_implemented_getxattrat_send,
 	.getxattrat_recv_fn = vfs_not_implemented_getxattrat_recv,
 	.fsetxattr_fn = ceph_snap_gmt_fsetxattr,
-	.chflags_fn = ceph_snap_gmt_chflags,
 	.fchflags_fn = ceph_snap_gmt_fchflags,
 	.get_real_filename_fn = ceph_snap_gmt_get_real_filename,
 };