diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h b/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h
index e1aef983a266c7ae241388ddbe66dfdf45e140e1..2024cbc64e4f02327597975f5df366a1dbc643c4 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@
 
 uint32_t check_header_version( header_t * header) ;
 void init_header ( header_t * header , slurm_msg_type_t msg_type , uint16_t flags ) ;
-void set_slurm_addr_hton ( slurm_addr * slurm_address , uint16_t port , uint32_t ip_address ) ;
 #endif