diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
index eebac35304c6..87fff94bf91e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 #define DENALI_MAP11_ADDR	((DENALI_MAP11) | 1)	/* address cycle */
 #define DENALI_MAP11_DATA	((DENALI_MAP11) | 2)	/* data cycle */
 
-/* MAP10 commands */
-#define DENALI_ERASE		0x01
-
 #define DENALI_BANK(denali)	((denali)->active_bank << 24)
 
 #define DENALI_INVALID_BANK	-1
@@ -903,23 +900,6 @@ static int denali_waitfunc(struct nand_chip *chip)
 	return irq_status & INTR__INT_ACT ? 0 : NAND_STATUS_FAIL;
 }
 
-static int denali_erase(struct nand_chip *chip, int page)
-{
-	struct denali_nand_info *denali = mtd_to_denali(nand_to_mtd(chip));
-	uint32_t irq_status;
-
-	denali_reset_irq(denali);
-
-	denali->host_write(denali, DENALI_MAP10 | DENALI_BANK(denali) | page,
-			   DENALI_ERASE);
-
-	/* wait for erase to complete or failure to occur */
-	irq_status = denali_wait_for_irq(denali,
-					 INTR__ERASE_COMP | INTR__ERASE_FAIL);
-
-	return irq_status & INTR__ERASE_COMP ? 0 : -EIO;
-}
-
 static int denali_setup_data_interface(struct nand_chip *chip, int chipnr,
 				       const struct nand_data_interface *conf)
 {
@@ -1244,7 +1224,6 @@ static int denali_attach_chip(struct nand_chip *chip)
 	chip->ecc.write_page_raw = denali_write_page_raw;
 	chip->ecc.read_oob = denali_read_oob;
 	chip->ecc.write_oob = denali_write_oob;
-	chip->legacy.erase = denali_erase;
 
 	ret = denali_multidev_fixup(denali);
 	if (ret)