diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/get_branch_snapshot.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/get_branch_snapshot.c
index 81402e443984..3948da12a528 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/get_branch_snapshot.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/get_branch_snapshot.c
@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ void serial_test_get_branch_snapshot(void)
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "kallsyms_find"))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	err = kallsyms_find_next("bpf_testmod_loop_test", &skel->bss->address_high);
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "kallsyms_find_next"))
-		goto cleanup;
+	/* Just a guess for the end of this function, as module functions
+	 * in /proc/kallsyms could come in any order.
+	 */
+	skel->bss->address_high = skel->bss->address_low + 128;
 
 	err = get_branch_snapshot__attach(skel);
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "get_branch_snapshot__attach"))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
index 5100a169b72b..7b7f918eda77 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
@@ -118,42 +118,6 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-/* find the address of the next symbol of the same type, this can be used
- * to determine the end of a function.
- */
-int kallsyms_find_next(const char *sym, unsigned long long *addr)
-{
-	char type, found_type, name[500];
-	unsigned long long value;
-	bool found = false;
-	int err = 0;
-	FILE *f;
-
-	f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
-	if (!f)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	while (fscanf(f, "%llx %c %499s%*[^\n]\n", &value, &type, name) > 0) {
-		/* Different types of symbols in kernel modules are mixed
-		 * in /proc/kallsyms. Only return the next matching type.
-		 * Use tolower() for type so that 'T' matches 't'.
-		 */
-		if (found && found_type == tolower(type)) {
-			*addr = value;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (strcmp(name, sym) == 0) {
-			found = true;
-			found_type = tolower(type);
-		}
-	}
-	err = -ENOENT;
-
-out:
-	fclose(f);
-	return err;
-}
-
 void read_trace_pipe(void)
 {
 	int trace_fd;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
index bc8ed86105d9..d907b445524d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ long ksym_get_addr(const char *name);
 /* open kallsyms and find addresses on the fly, faster than load + search. */
 int kallsyms_find(const char *sym, unsigned long long *addr);
 
-/* find the address of the next symbol, this can be used to determine the
- * end of a function
- */
-int kallsyms_find_next(const char *sym, unsigned long long *addr);
-
 void read_trace_pipe(void);
 
 ssize_t get_uprobe_offset(const void *addr, ssize_t base);