diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h
index 5e0c8b5ca573..a41e2b9396cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ int mdc_resource_get_unused(struct obd_export *exp, const struct lu_fid *fid,
 /* mdc/mdc_request.c */
 int mdc_fid_alloc(struct obd_export *exp, struct lu_fid *fid,
 		  struct md_op_data *op_data);
-
-int mdc_open(struct obd_export *exp, u64 ino, int type, int flags,
-	     struct lov_mds_md *lmm, int lmm_size, struct lustre_handle *fh,
-	     struct ptlrpc_request **);
-
 struct obd_client_handle;
 
 int mdc_set_open_replay_data(struct obd_export *exp,