diff --git a/include/crypto/hash.h b/include/crypto/hash.h
index d3a380ae894a..b00a4a36a8ec 100644
--- a/include/crypto/hash.h
+++ b/include/crypto/hash.h
@@ -342,12 +342,6 @@ static inline const char *crypto_ahash_driver_name(struct crypto_ahash *tfm)
 	return crypto_tfm_alg_driver_name(crypto_ahash_tfm(tfm));
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int crypto_ahash_alignmask(
-	struct crypto_ahash *tfm)
-{
-	return crypto_tfm_alg_alignmask(crypto_ahash_tfm(tfm));
-}
-
 /**
  * crypto_ahash_blocksize() - obtain block size for cipher
  * @tfm: cipher handle