diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-core.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-core.c
index 78321be80013..46b35ef55090 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-core.c
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ struct gb_fw_core {
 
 static struct spilib_ops *spilib_ops;
 
-struct gb_connection *to_fw_mgmt_connection(struct device *dev)
-{
-	struct gb_fw_core *fw_core = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-
-	return fw_core->mgmt_connection;
-}
-
 static int gb_fw_spi_connection_init(struct gb_connection *connection)
 {
 	int ret;