diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_erp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_erp.c
index d231f4d2888b..9eee229303cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_erp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_erp.c
@@ -1217,18 +1217,6 @@ static bool mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_delta_check(void *priv, const void *parent_obj,
 	return err ? false : true;
 }
 
-static int mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_hints_obj_cmp(const void *obj1, const void *obj2)
-{
-	const struct mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_key *key1 = obj1;
-	const struct mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_key *key2 = obj2;
-
-	/* For hints purposes, two objects are considered equal
-	 * in case the masks are the same. Does not matter what
-	 * the "ctcam" value is.
-	 */
-	return memcmp(key1->mask, key2->mask, sizeof(key1->mask));
-}
-
 static void *mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_delta_create(void *priv, void *parent_obj,
 					   void *obj)
 {
@@ -1308,7 +1296,6 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_root_destroy(void *priv, void *root_priv)
 static const struct objagg_ops mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_objagg_ops = {
 	.obj_size = sizeof(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_key),
 	.delta_check = mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_delta_check,
-	.hints_obj_cmp = mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_hints_obj_cmp,
 	.delta_create = mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_delta_create,
 	.delta_destroy = mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_delta_destroy,
 	.root_create = mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_root_create,
diff --git a/include/linux/objagg.h b/include/linux/objagg.h
index 78021777df46..6df5b887dc54 100644
--- a/include/linux/objagg.h
+++ b/include/linux/objagg.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ struct objagg_ops {
 	size_t obj_size;
 	bool (*delta_check)(void *priv, const void *parent_obj,
 			    const void *obj);
-	int (*hints_obj_cmp)(const void *obj1, const void *obj2);
 	void * (*delta_create)(void *priv, void *parent_obj, void *obj);
 	void (*delta_destroy)(void *priv, void *delta_priv);
 	void * (*root_create)(void *priv, void *obj, unsigned int root_id);
diff --git a/lib/objagg.c b/lib/objagg.c
index 0f99ea5f5371..363e43e849ac 100644
--- a/lib/objagg.c
+++ b/lib/objagg.c
@@ -906,20 +906,6 @@ static const struct objagg_opt_algo *objagg_opt_algos[] = {
 	[OBJAGG_OPT_ALGO_SIMPLE_GREEDY] = &objagg_opt_simple_greedy,
 };
 
-static int objagg_hints_obj_cmp(struct rhashtable_compare_arg *arg,
-				const void *obj)
-{
-	struct rhashtable *ht = arg->ht;
-	struct objagg_hints *objagg_hints =
-			container_of(ht, struct objagg_hints, node_ht);
-	const struct objagg_ops *ops = objagg_hints->ops;
-	const char *ptr = obj;
-
-	ptr += ht->p.key_offset;
-	return ops->hints_obj_cmp ? ops->hints_obj_cmp(ptr, arg->key) :
-				    memcmp(ptr, arg->key, ht->p.key_len);
-}
-
 /**
  * objagg_hints_get - obtains hints instance
  * @objagg:		objagg instance
@@ -958,7 +944,6 @@ struct objagg_hints *objagg_hints_get(struct objagg *objagg,
 				offsetof(struct objagg_hints_node, obj);
 	objagg_hints->ht_params.head_offset =
 				offsetof(struct objagg_hints_node, ht_node);
-	objagg_hints->ht_params.obj_cmpfn = objagg_hints_obj_cmp;
 
 	err = rhashtable_init(&objagg_hints->node_ht, &objagg_hints->ht_params);
 	if (err)