diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 5cc0b0ec5570..a66912782064 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -2273,19 +2273,6 @@ i2c_new_scanned_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_scanned_device);
 
-struct i2c_client *
-i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
-		      struct i2c_board_info *info,
-		      unsigned short const *addr_list,
-		      int (*probe)(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr))
-{
-	struct i2c_client *client;
-
-	client = i2c_new_scanned_device(adap, info, addr_list, probe);
-	return IS_ERR(client) ? NULL : client;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_probed_device);
-
 struct i2c_adapter *i2c_get_adapter(int nr)
 {
 	struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 456fc17ecb1c..45d36ba4826b 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -461,12 +461,6 @@ i2c_new_scanned_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 		       unsigned short const *addr_list,
 		       int (*probe)(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr));
 
-struct i2c_client *
-i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
-		       struct i2c_board_info *info,
-		       unsigned short const *addr_list,
-		       int (*probe)(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr));
-
 /* Common custom probe functions */
 int i2c_probe_func_quick_read(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr);