diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 186f501e6415..d7ab258e3a42 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -749,24 +749,6 @@ ssize_t iio_buffer_store_enable(struct device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_buffer_store_enable);
 
-int iio_sw_buffer_preenable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
-{
-	struct iio_buffer *buffer;
-	unsigned bytes;
-	dev_dbg(&indio_dev->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
-
-	list_for_each_entry(buffer, &indio_dev->buffer_list, buffer_list)
-		if (buffer->access->set_bytes_per_datum) {
-			bytes = iio_compute_scan_bytes(indio_dev,
-						       buffer->scan_mask,
-						       buffer->scan_timestamp);
-
-			buffer->access->set_bytes_per_datum(buffer, bytes);
-		}
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_sw_buffer_preenable);
-
 /**
  * iio_validate_scan_mask_onehot() - Validates that exactly one channel is selected
  * @indio_dev: the iio device
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
index 6e428d96d570..15607b45221a 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
@@ -206,8 +206,6 @@ ssize_t iio_buffer_show_enable(struct device *dev,
 					   iio_buffer_show_enable,	\
 					   iio_buffer_store_enable)
 
-int iio_sw_buffer_preenable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
-
 bool iio_validate_scan_mask_onehot(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	const unsigned long *mask);