diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.c b/lib/nexthop_group.c
index c75ff7b4cde6..e5c2258191f6 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.c
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.c
@@ -105,20 +105,6 @@ uint8_t nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 	return num;
 }
 
-uint8_t
-nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
-{
-	struct nexthop *nhop;
-	uint8_t num = 0;
-
-	for (nhop = nhg->nexthop; nhop; nhop = nhop->next) {
-		if (CHECK_FLAG(nhop->flags, NEXTHOP_FLAG_ACTIVE))
-			num++;
-	}
-
-	return num;
-}
-
 bool nexthop_group_has_label(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 {
 	struct nexthop *nhop;
diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.h b/lib/nexthop_group.h
index 78237e464fd9..88f9c62ccb92 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.h
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.h
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ extern uint8_t
 nexthop_group_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 extern uint8_t
 nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
-extern uint8_t
-nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 
 extern bool nexthop_group_has_label(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);