diff --git a/src/lxc/file_utils.c b/src/lxc/file_utils.c
index 16897d627..9a7bd160e 100644
--- a/src/lxc/file_utils.c
+++ b/src/lxc/file_utils.c
@@ -239,18 +239,6 @@ int lxc_make_tmpfile(char *template, bool rm)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-/* In overlayfs, st_dev is unreliable. So on overlayfs we don't do the
- * lxc_rmdir_onedev()
- */
-static bool is_native_overlayfs(const char *path)
-{
-	if (has_fs_type(path, OVERLAY_SUPER_MAGIC) ||
-	    has_fs_type(path, OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC))
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 bool is_fs_type(const struct statfs *fs, fs_type_magic magic_val)
 {
 	return (fs->f_type == (fs_type_magic)magic_val);