diff --git a/include/linux/alarmtimer.h b/include/linux/alarmtimer.h
index f122c9fbf8c7..9069694e70eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/alarmtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/alarmtimer.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ enum alarmtimer_restart {
 
 #define ALARMTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE	0x00
 #define ALARMTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED	0x01
-#define ALARMTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK	0x02
 
 /**
  * struct alarm - Alarm timer structure
@@ -50,33 +49,6 @@ int alarm_cancel(struct alarm *alarm);
 
 u64 alarm_forward(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval);
 
-/*
- * A alarmtimer is active, when it is enqueued into timerqueue or the
- * callback function is running.
- */
-static inline int alarmtimer_active(const struct alarm *timer)
-{
-	return timer->state != ALARMTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE;
-}
-
-/*
- * Helper function to check, whether the timer is on one of the queues
- */
-static inline int alarmtimer_is_queued(struct alarm *timer)
-{
-	return timer->state & ALARMTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED;
-}
-
-/*
- * Helper function to check, whether the timer is running the callback
- * function
- */
-static inline int alarmtimer_callback_running(struct alarm *timer)
-{
-	return timer->state & ALARMTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK;
-}
-
-
 /* Provide way to access the rtc device being used by alarmtimers */
 struct rtc_device *alarmtimer_get_rtcdev(void);