diff --git a/sys/dev/dksubr.c b/sys/dev/dksubr.c
index 8144b2834687..cb1e6ed044ba 100644
--- a/sys/dev/dksubr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/dksubr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: dksubr.c,v 1.110 2019/10/05 05:28:44 mlelstv Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: dksubr.c,v 1.111 2019/12/08 12:15:24 mlelstv Exp $ */
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: dksubr.c,v 1.110 2019/10/05 05:28:44 mlelstv Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: dksubr.c,v 1.111 2019/12/08 12:15:24 mlelstv Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -999,66 +999,6 @@ dk_makedisklabel(struct dk_softc *dksc)
 	lp->d_checksum = dkcksum(lp);
 }
 
-/* This function is taken from ccd.c:1.76  --rcd */
-
-/*
- * XXX this function looks too generic for dksubr.c, shouldn't we
- *     put it somewhere better?
- */
-
-/*
- * Lookup the provided name in the filesystem.  If the file exists,
- * is a valid block device, and isn't being used by anyone else,
- * set *vpp to the file's vnode.
- */
-int
-dk_lookup(struct pathbuf *pb, struct lwp *l, struct vnode **vpp)
-{
-	struct nameidata nd;
-	struct vnode *vp;
-	int     error;
-
-	if (l == NULL)
-		return ESRCH;	/* Is ESRCH the best choice? */
-
-	NDINIT(&nd, LOOKUP, FOLLOW, pb);
-	if ((error = vn_open(&nd, FREAD | FWRITE, 0)) != 0) {
-		DPRINTF((DKDB_FOLLOW|DKDB_INIT),
-		    ("%s: vn_open error = %d\n", __func__, error));
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	vp = nd.ni_vp;
-	if (vp->v_type != VBLK) {
-		error = ENOTBLK;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Reopen as anonymous vnode to protect against forced unmount. */
-	if ((error = bdevvp(vp->v_rdev, vpp)) != 0)
-		goto out;
-	VOP_UNLOCK(vp);
-	if ((error = vn_close(vp, FREAD | FWRITE, l->l_cred)) != 0) {
-		vrele(*vpp);
-		return error;
-	}
-	if ((error = VOP_OPEN(*vpp, FREAD | FWRITE, l->l_cred)) != 0) {
-		vrele(*vpp);
-		return error;
-	}
-	mutex_enter((*vpp)->v_interlock);
-	(*vpp)->v_writecount++;
-	mutex_exit((*vpp)->v_interlock);
-
-	IFDEBUG(DKDB_VNODE, vprint("dk_lookup: vnode info", *vpp));
-
-	return 0;
-out:
-	VOP_UNLOCK(vp);
-	(void) vn_close(vp, FREAD | FWRITE, l->l_cred);
-	return error;
-}
-
 MODULE(MODULE_CLASS_MISC, dk_subr, NULL);
 
 static int
diff --git a/sys/dev/dkvar.h b/sys/dev/dkvar.h
index 0be2cd0d47c8..b45a85a49d3c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/dkvar.h
+++ b/sys/dev/dkvar.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: dkvar.h,v 1.30 2017/11/01 19:15:31 mlelstv Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: dkvar.h,v 1.31 2019/12/08 12:15:24 mlelstv Exp $ */
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -110,6 +110,4 @@ int	dk_dump(struct dk_softc *, dev_t,
 void	dk_getdisklabel(struct dk_softc *, dev_t);
 void	dk_getdefaultlabel(struct dk_softc *, struct disklabel *);
 
-int	dk_lookup(struct pathbuf *, struct lwp *, struct vnode **);
-
 #endif /* ! _DEV_DKVAR_H_ */