diff --git a/include/linux/timekeeping32.h b/include/linux/timekeeping32.h
index af4114d5dc17..3616b4becb59 100644
--- a/include/linux/timekeeping32.h
+++ b/include/linux/timekeeping32.h
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 extern void do_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv);
 unsigned long get_seconds(void);
 
-/* does not take xtime_lock */
-struct timespec __current_kernel_time(void);
-
 static inline struct timespec current_kernel_time(void)
 {
 	struct timespec64 now = current_kernel_time64();
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index ca90219a1e73..dcf7f20fcd12 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -2139,13 +2139,6 @@ unsigned long get_seconds(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_seconds);
 
-struct timespec __current_kernel_time(void)
-{
-	struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;
-
-	return timespec64_to_timespec(tk_xtime(tk));
-}
-
 struct timespec64 current_kernel_time64(void)
 {
 	struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;