diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
index ede036977ae..2554b3f5222 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ static inline void bacpy(bdaddr_t *dst, bdaddr_t *src)
 }
 
 void baswap(bdaddr_t *dst, bdaddr_t *src);
-char *batostr(bdaddr_t *ba);
 
 /* Common socket structures and functions */
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/lib.c b/net/bluetooth/lib.c
index e1c97527e16..b3fbc73516c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/lib.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/lib.c
@@ -41,20 +41,6 @@ void baswap(bdaddr_t *dst, bdaddr_t *src)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(baswap);
 
-char *batostr(bdaddr_t *ba)
-{
-	static char str[2][18];
-	static int i = 1;
-
-	i ^= 1;
-	sprintf(str[i], "%2.2X:%2.2X:%2.2X:%2.2X:%2.2X:%2.2X",
-		ba->b[5], ba->b[4], ba->b[3],
-		ba->b[2], ba->b[1], ba->b[0]);
-
-	return str[i];
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(batostr);
-
 /* Bluetooth error codes to Unix errno mapping */
 int bt_to_errno(__u16 code)
 {