diff --git a/common/globalvar.c b/common/globalvar.c
index 4cf635c..971c219 100644
--- a/common/globalvar.c
+++ b/common/globalvar.c
@@ -29,22 +29,6 @@
 	nv_dirty = 0;
 }
 
-int globalvar_add(const char *name,
-		int (*set)(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *p, const char *val),
-		const char *(*get)(struct device_d *, struct param_d *p),
-		unsigned long flags)
-{
-	struct param_d *param;
-
-	if (!strncmp(name, "global.", 7))
-		name += 7;
-
-	param = dev_add_param(&global_device, name, set, get, flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(param))
-		return PTR_ERR(param);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void globalvar_remove(const char *name)
 {
 	struct param_d *p, *tmp;
diff --git a/include/globalvar.h b/include/globalvar.h
index 80bc53e..df43f1f 100644
--- a/include/globalvar.h
+++ b/include/globalvar.h
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_GLOBALVAR
 int globalvar_add_simple(const char *name, const char *value);
 
-int globalvar_add(const char *name,
-		int (*set)(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *p, const char *val),
-		const char *(*get)(struct device_d *, struct param_d *p),
-		unsigned long flags);
 void globalvar_remove(const char *name);
 char *globalvar_get_match(const char *match, const char *separator);
 void globalvar_set_match(const char *match, const char *val);
@@ -80,14 +76,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int globalvar_add(const char *name,
-		int (*set)(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *p, const char *val),
-		const char *(*get)(struct device_d *, struct param_d *p),
-		unsigned long flags)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void globalvar_remove(const char *name) {}
 
 static inline void globalvar_print(void) {}