diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
index e56785a48242..0b38dad13546 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
@@ -557,10 +557,3 @@ int libcfs_debug_mark_buffer(const char *text)
 
 #undef DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LNET
-
-void libcfs_debug_set_level(unsigned int debug_level)
-{
-	pr_warn("Lustre: Setting portals debug level to %08x\n",
-	       debug_level);
-	libcfs_debug = debug_level;
-}