diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.c
index 5fd4463dbf05..b9e42b503a37 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.c
@@ -86,33 +86,6 @@ int fsl_asoc_get_dma_channel(struct device_node *ssi_np,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsl_asoc_get_dma_channel);
 
-/**
- * fsl_asoc_xlate_tdm_slot_mask - generate TDM slot TX/RX mask.
- *
- * @slots: Number of slots in use.
- * @tx_mask: bitmask representing active TX slots.
- * @rx_mask: bitmask representing active RX slots.
- *
- * This function used to generate the TDM slot TX/RX mask. And the TX/RX
- * mask will use a 1 bit for an active slot as default, and the default
- * active bits are at the LSB of the mask value.
- */
-int fsl_asoc_xlate_tdm_slot_mask(unsigned int slots,
-				    unsigned int *tx_mask,
-				    unsigned int *rx_mask)
-{
-	if (!slots)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (tx_mask)
-		*tx_mask = ((1 << slots) - 1);
-	if (rx_mask)
-		*rx_mask = ((1 << slots) - 1);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsl_asoc_xlate_tdm_slot_mask);
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale ASoC utility code");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.h b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.h
index df535db40313..1687b66ef18e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.h
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_utils.h
@@ -22,7 +22,4 @@ int fsl_asoc_get_dma_channel(struct device_node *ssi_np, const char *name,
 			     struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai,
 			     unsigned int *dma_channel_id,
 			     unsigned int *dma_id);
-int fsl_asoc_xlate_tdm_slot_mask(unsigned int slots,
-				    unsigned int *tx_mask,
-				    unsigned int *rx_mask);
 #endif /* _FSL_UTILS_H */
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c
index 6aeaac33871a..461ce27b884f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ static const struct snd_soc_dai_ops imx_ssi_pcm_dai_ops = {
 	.set_fmt	= imx_ssi_set_dai_fmt,
 	.set_clkdiv	= imx_ssi_set_dai_clkdiv,
 	.set_sysclk	= imx_ssi_set_dai_sysclk,
-	.xlate_tdm_slot_mask = fsl_asoc_xlate_tdm_slot_mask,
 	.set_tdm_slot	= imx_ssi_set_dai_tdm_slot,
 	.trigger	= imx_ssi_trigger,
 };