diff --git a/bolt/include/bolt/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.h b/bolt/include/bolt/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.h
index 7a261f611eaf2..af832b4c7c84c 100644
--- a/bolt/include/bolt/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.h
+++ b/bolt/include/bolt/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.h
@@ -391,9 +391,6 @@ class RewriteInstance {
   /// Return true if the section holds debug information.
   static bool isDebugSection(StringRef SectionName);
 
-  /// Return true if the section holds linux kernel symbol information.
-  static bool isKSymtabSection(StringRef SectionName);
-
   /// Adds Debug section to overwrite.
   static void addToDebugSectionsToOverwrite(const char *Section) {
     DebugSectionsToOverwrite.emplace_back(Section);
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
index fd2477231142e..4e0096cf988ae 100644
--- a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
@@ -5767,10 +5767,3 @@ bool RewriteInstance::isDebugSection(StringRef SectionName) {
 
   return false;
 }
-
-bool RewriteInstance::isKSymtabSection(StringRef SectionName) {
-  if (SectionName.starts_with("__ksymtab"))
-    return true;
-
-  return false;
-}