diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
index 9f4bd8d26090..a4d74bed74fa 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
@@ -382,59 +382,6 @@ bool al_remove_le(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *le)
 	return true;
 }
 
-/*
- * al_delete_le - Delete first le from the list which matches its parameters.
- */
-bool al_delete_le(struct ntfs_inode *ni, enum ATTR_TYPE type, CLST vcn,
-		  const __le16 *name, u8 name_len, const struct MFT_REF *ref)
-{
-	u16 size;
-	struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *le;
-	size_t off;
-	typeof(ni->attr_list) *al = &ni->attr_list;
-
-	/* Scan forward to the first le that matches the input. */
-	le = al_find_ex(ni, NULL, type, name, name_len, &vcn);
-	if (!le)
-		return false;
-
-	off = PtrOffset(al->le, le);
-
-next:
-	if (off >= al->size)
-		return false;
-	if (le->type != type)
-		return false;
-	if (le->name_len != name_len)
-		return false;
-	if (name_len && ntfs_cmp_names(le_name(le), name_len, name, name_len,
-				       ni->mi.sbi->upcase, true))
-		return false;
-	if (le64_to_cpu(le->vcn) != vcn)
-		return false;
-
-	/*
-	 * The caller specified a segment reference, so we have to
-	 * scan through the matching entries until we find that segment
-	 * reference or we run of matching entries.
-	 */
-	if (ref && memcmp(ref, &le->ref, sizeof(*ref))) {
-		off += le16_to_cpu(le->size);
-		le = Add2Ptr(al->le, off);
-		goto next;
-	}
-
-	/* Save on stack the size of 'le'. */
-	size = le16_to_cpu(le->size);
-	/* Delete the le. */
-	memmove(le, Add2Ptr(le, size), al->size - (off + size));
-
-	al->size -= size;
-	al->dirty = true;
-
-	return true;
-}
-
 int al_update(struct ntfs_inode *ni, int sync)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
index 3dd6215316e4..d605d1a11f18 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
@@ -472,8 +472,6 @@ int al_add_le(struct ntfs_inode *ni, enum ATTR_TYPE type, const __le16 *name,
 	      u8 name_len, CLST svcn, __le16 id, const struct MFT_REF *ref,
 	      struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY **new_le);
 bool al_remove_le(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *le);
-bool al_delete_le(struct ntfs_inode *ni, enum ATTR_TYPE type, CLST vcn,
-		  const __le16 *name, u8 name_len, const struct MFT_REF *ref);
 int al_update(struct ntfs_inode *ni, int sync);
 static inline size_t al_aligned(size_t size)
 {