diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index fc1af90..d709c0e 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2615,7 +2615,7 @@ struct request *blk_peek_request(struct request_queue *q)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_peek_request);
 
-void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq)
+static void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
 
@@ -2642,9 +2642,6 @@ void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq)
  * Description:
  *     Dequeue @req and start timeout timer on it.  This hands off the
  *     request to the driver.
- *
- *     Block internal functions which don't want to start timer should
- *     call blk_dequeue_request().
  */
 void blk_start_request(struct request *req)
 {
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index fde8b35..fcb9775 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			struct bio *bio);
 void blk_queue_bypass_start(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_queue_bypass_end(struct request_queue *q);
-void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq);
 void __blk_queue_free_tags(struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_freeze_queue(struct request_queue *q);