diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
index 455a67b49f4a..0828985f2e9b 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@
 namespace llvm {
 namespace object {
 
-// Subclasses of ELFObjectFile may need this for template instantiation
-inline std::pair<unsigned char, unsigned char>
-getElfArchType(MemoryBuffer *Object) {
-  if (Object->getBufferSize() < ELF::EI_NIDENT)
-    return std::make_pair((uint8_t)ELF::ELFCLASSNONE,(uint8_t)ELF::ELFDATANONE);
-  return std::make_pair( (uint8_t)Object->getBufferStart()[ELF::EI_CLASS]
-                        , (uint8_t)Object->getBufferStart()[ELF::EI_DATA]);
-}
-
 // Templates to choose Elf_Addr and Elf_Off depending on is64Bits.
 template<support::endianness target_endianness>
 struct ELFDataTypeTypedefHelperCommon {