diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index be62ec2ebea5..a2d1eb6cb3f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@ extern int mod_timer_pinned(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
  */
 #define NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA	((1UL << 30) - 1)
 
-/*
- * Return when the next timer-wheel timeout occurs (in absolute jiffies),
- * locks the timer base:
- */
-extern unsigned long next_timer_interrupt(void);
 /*
  * Return when the next timer-wheel timeout occurs (in absolute jiffies),
  * locks the timer base and does the comparison against the given