genl: remove dead code

index 6133336ab435..0fb464b01cfb 100644
@@ -38,77 +38,6 @@ static int usage(void)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int genl_ctrl_resolve_family(const char *family)
-{
-	struct rtnl_handle rth;
-	int ret = 0;
-	struct {
-		struct nlmsghdr         n;
-		struct genlmsghdr	g;
-		char                    buf[4096];
-	} req = {
-		.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(GENL_HDRLEN),
-		.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK,
-		.n.nlmsg_type = GENL_ID_CTRL,
-		.g.cmd = CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY,
-	};
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = &req.n;
-	struct genlmsghdr *ghdr = &req.g;
-	struct nlmsghdr *answer = NULL;
-
-	if (rtnl_open_byproto(&rth, 0, NETLINK_GENERIC) < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open generic netlink socket\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	addattr_l(nlh, 128, CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME, family, strlen(family) + 1);
-
-	if (rtnl_talk(&rth, nlh, &answer) < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error talking to the kernel\n");
-		goto errout;
-	}
-
-	{
-		struct rtattr *tb[CTRL_ATTR_MAX + 1];
-		int len = answer->nlmsg_len;
-		struct rtattr *attrs;
-
-		if (answer->nlmsg_type !=  GENL_ID_CTRL) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Not a controller message, nlmsg_len=%d "
-				"nlmsg_type=0x%x\n", answer->nlmsg_len, answer->nlmsg_type);
-			goto errout;
-		}
-
-		if (ghdr->cmd != CTRL_CMD_NEWFAMILY) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown controller command %d\n", ghdr->cmd);
-			goto errout;
-		}
-
-		len -= NLMSG_LENGTH(GENL_HDRLEN);
-
-		if (len < 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "wrong controller message len %d\n", len);
-			free(answer);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		attrs = (struct rtattr *) ((char *) answer + NLMSG_LENGTH(GENL_HDRLEN));
-		parse_rtattr(tb, CTRL_ATTR_MAX, attrs, len);
-
-		if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_ID] == NULL) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Missing family id TLV\n");
-			goto errout;
-		}
-
-		ret = rta_getattr_u16(tb[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_ID]);
-	}
-
-errout:
-	free(answer);
-	rtnl_close(&rth);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void print_ctrl_cmd_flags(FILE *fp, __u32 fl)
 {
 	fprintf(fp, "\n\t\tCapabilities (0x%x):\n ", fl);

index cc1f3fb76596..a8d433a9574f 100644
@@ -13,6 +13,4 @@ struct genl_util
 	int	(*print_genlopt)(struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg);
 };
 
-int genl_ctrl_resolve_family(const char *family);
-
 #endif