diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 9b17447..676e750 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1085,63 +1085,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_readlinki - return the contents of a symlink
- * @ip: the symlink's inode
- * @buf: a pointer to the buffer to be filled
- * @len: a pointer to the length of @buf
- *
- * If @buf is too small, a piece of memory is kmalloc()ed and needs
- * to be freed by the caller.
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-int gfs2_readlinki(struct gfs2_inode *ip, char **buf, unsigned int *len)
-{
-	struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
-	struct buffer_head *dibh;
-	unsigned int x;
-	int error;
-
-	gfs2_holder_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &i_gh);
-	error = gfs2_glock_nq(&i_gh);
-	if (error) {
-		gfs2_holder_uninit(&i_gh);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	if (!ip->i_disksize) {
-		gfs2_consist_inode(ip);
-		error = -EIO;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &dibh);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
-
-	x = ip->i_disksize + 1;
-	if (x > *len) {
-		*buf = kmalloc(x, GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!*buf) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out_brelse;
-		}
-	}
-
-	memcpy(*buf, dibh->b_data + sizeof(struct gfs2_dinode), x);
-	*len = x;
-
-out_brelse:
-	brelse(dibh);
-out:
-	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
-	return error;
-}
-
-static int
-__gfs2_setattr_simple(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr)
+static int __gfs2_setattr_simple(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *dibh;
 	int error;