diff --git a/src/lxc/confile.c b/src/lxc/confile.c
index 4c0e4d138..fb7689f1c 100644
--- a/src/lxc/confile.c
+++ b/src/lxc/confile.c
@@ -2673,12 +2673,6 @@ static inline int lxc_get_conf_int(struct lxc_conf *c, char *retv, int inlen,
 	return snprintf(retv, inlen, "%d", v);
 }
 
-int lxc_get_config_item(struct lxc_conf *c, const char *key, char *retv,
-			int inlen)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int lxc_clear_config_item(struct lxc_conf *c, const char *key)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/src/lxc/confile.h b/src/lxc/confile.h
index 19233bcd7..003f8f23f 100644
--- a/src/lxc/confile.h
+++ b/src/lxc/confile.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 struct lxc_conf;
 struct lxc_list;
-struct lxc_container;
 
 typedef int (*config_set_cb)(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 typedef int (*config_get_cb)(const char *, char *, int, struct lxc_conf *);
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ extern int lxc_config_define_load(struct lxc_list *defines,
 extern signed long lxc_config_parse_arch(const char *arch);
 extern int lxc_fill_elevated_privileges(char *flaglist, int *flags);
 
-extern int lxc_get_config_item(struct lxc_conf *c, const char *key, char *retv, int inlen);
 extern int lxc_clear_config_item(struct lxc_conf *c, const char *key);
 extern void write_config(FILE *fout, struct lxc_conf *c);