diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h
index c9ea50daffff..b8a170978434 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h
@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ static inline u32 end_of_queue_search(struct list_head *head,
 	return (head == plist);
 }
 
-static inline void sleep_schedulable(int ms)
-{
-	u32 delta;
-
-	delta = msecs_to_jiffies(ms);/*(ms)*/
-	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-	schedule_timeout(delta);
-}
-
 static inline void flush_signals_thread(void)
 {
 	if (signal_pending(current))
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.h
index ddaaab058b2f..53a23234c598 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.h
@@ -162,24 +162,6 @@ static inline void clr_fwstate(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv, sint state)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmlmepriv->lock, irqL);
 }
 
-static inline void up_scanned_network(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
-{
-	unsigned long irqL;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&pmlmepriv->lock, irqL);
-	pmlmepriv->num_of_scanned++;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmlmepriv->lock, irqL);
-}
-
-static inline void down_scanned_network(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
-{
-	unsigned long irqL;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&pmlmepriv->lock, irqL);
-	pmlmepriv->num_of_scanned--;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmlmepriv->lock, irqL);
-}
-
 static inline void set_scanned_network_val(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv,
 					     sint val)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h
index d899d0c6d3a6..40927277f498 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h
@@ -261,12 +261,6 @@ struct	xmit_priv {
 	uint free_xmitbuf_cnt;
 };
 
-static inline struct  __queue *get_free_xmit_queue(
-				struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv)
-{
-	return &(pxmitpriv->free_xmit_queue);
-}
-
 int r8712_free_xmitbuf(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
 		       struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf);
 struct xmit_buf *r8712_alloc_xmitbuf(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv);