diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.c
index f07c44cf798ecb1138c3b89db8b610d656c41230..36bf6c5b28e85f01f35777a7a70a8209941df470 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.c
@@ -1509,21 +1509,6 @@ extern void ba_update_mp_state(ba_mp_t *ba_mp, uint16_t state)
 	ba_mp->state = state;
 }
 
-/*
- * find a rack/midplace location
- */
-extern char *find_mp_rack_mid(char* coords)
-{
-	ba_mp_t *curr_mp;
-
-	if(!(curr_mp = str2ba_mp(coords)))
-		return NULL;
-
-	bridge_setup_system();
-
-	return curr_mp->loc;
-}
-
 /* */
 extern int validate_coord(uint16_t *coord)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.h b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.h
index 40546241136e18360000e8f851fc089ac9ccd982..e5739ce7868654968b5046b629bb80d40a9949d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.h
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba_common.h
@@ -407,11 +407,6 @@ extern int ba_reset_all_removed_mps(void);
  */
 extern void ba_update_mp_state(ba_mp_t *ba_mp, uint16_t state);
 
-/*
- * find a rack/midplace location based on ABCD coords
- */
-extern char *find_mp_rack_mid(char* coords);
-
 /* make sure a node is in the system return 1 if it is 0 if not */
 extern int validate_coord(uint16_t *coord);