diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 72c2add39d54..ed8005903781 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ struct header_ops {
 				const struct net_device *dev,
 				const unsigned char *haddr);
 	bool	(*validate)(const char *ll_header, unsigned int len);
-	__be16	(*parse_protocol)(const struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 	ANDROID_KABI_RESERVE(1);
 	ANDROID_KABI_RESERVE(2);
@@ -2948,15 +2947,6 @@ static inline int dev_parse_header(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return dev->header_ops->parse(skb, haddr);
 }
 
-static inline __be16 dev_parse_header_protocol(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	const struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
-
-	if (!dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->parse_protocol)
-		return 0;
-	return dev->header_ops->parse_protocol(skb);
-}
-
 /* ll_header must have at least hard_header_len allocated */
 static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev,
 				       char *ll_header, int len)