diff --git a/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
index 71f496fe7173..b22e8decebed 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
+++ b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
@@ -136,12 +136,6 @@ fscrypt_policy_flags(const union fscrypt_policy *policy)
 	BUG();
 }
 
-static inline bool
-fscrypt_is_direct_key_policy(const union fscrypt_policy *policy)
-{
-	return fscrypt_policy_flags(policy) & FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY;
-}
-
 /**
  * For encrypted symlinks, the ciphertext length is stored at the beginning
  * of the string in little-endian format.