diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 3314708c496c..b1e406e1b00f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ exit:
 }
 
 
-void _rtw_free_network_queue(struct adapter *padapter, u8 isfreeall)
+void rtw_free_network_queue(struct adapter *padapter, u8 isfreeall)
 {
 	struct list_head *phead, *plist;
 	struct wlan_network *pnetwork;
@@ -360,12 +360,6 @@ static void rtw_free_network_nolock(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv,
 	_rtw_free_network_nolock(pmlmepriv, pnetwork);
 }
 
-
-void rtw_free_network_queue(struct adapter *dev, u8 isfreeall)
-{
-	_rtw_free_network_queue(dev, isfreeall);
-}
-
 /*
 	return the wlan_network with the matching addr
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h
index 75f8cf535eaa..56ef60042d33 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h
@@ -584,8 +584,6 @@ void _rtw_free_network_nolock(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv,
 
 struct wlan_network *_rtw_find_network(struct __queue *scanned_queue, u8 *addr);
 
-void _rtw_free_network_queue(struct adapter *padapter, u8 isfreeall);
-
 int rtw_if_up(struct adapter *padapter);