diff --git a/drivers/power/ab8500_fg.c b/drivers/power/ab8500_fg.c
index 69b80bcaa9e7..c908658aa31a 100644
--- a/drivers/power/ab8500_fg.c
+++ b/drivers/power/ab8500_fg.c
@@ -2435,20 +2435,6 @@ static void ab8500_fg_reinit_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * ab8500_fg_reinit() - forces FG algorithm to reinitialize with current values
- *
- * This function can be used to force the FG algorithm to recalculate a new
- * voltage based battery capacity.
- */
-void ab8500_fg_reinit(void)
-{
-	struct ab8500_fg *di = ab8500_fg_get();
-	/* User won't be notified if a null pointer returned. */
-	if (di != NULL)
-		queue_delayed_work(di->fg_wq, &di->fg_reinit_work, 0);
-}
-
 /* Exposure to the sysfs interface */
 
 struct ab8500_fg_sysfs_entry {
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/abx500/ab8500-bm.h b/include/linux/mfd/abx500/ab8500-bm.h
index cc892a8d8d6e..12a5b396921e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/abx500/ab8500-bm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/abx500/ab8500-bm.h
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@ struct ab8500_fg;
 #ifdef CONFIG_AB8500_BM
 extern struct abx500_bm_data ab8500_bm_data;
 
-void ab8500_fg_reinit(void);
 void ab8500_charger_usb_state_changed(u8 bm_usb_state, u16 mA);
 struct ab8500_btemp *ab8500_btemp_get(void);
 int ab8500_btemp_get_batctrl_temp(struct ab8500_btemp *btemp);