diff --git a/sys/dev/firewire/firewire.c b/sys/dev/firewire/firewire.c
index 152293da458c..c376751f57d9 100644
--- a/sys/dev/firewire/firewire.c
+++ b/sys/dev/firewire/firewire.c
@@ -269,20 +269,6 @@ fw_asy_callback(struct fw_xfer *xfer){
 	wakeup(xfer);
 	return;
 }
-/*
- * Postpone to later retry.
- */
-void fw_asybusy(struct fw_xfer *xfer){
-	printf("fw_asybusy\n");
-/*
-	xfer->ch =  timeout((timeout_t *)fw_asystart, (void *)xfer, 20000);
-*/
-#if 0
-	DELAY(20000);
-#endif
-	fw_asystart(xfer);
-	return;
-}
 
 /*
  * Async. request with given xfer structure.
diff --git a/sys/dev/firewire/firewirereg.h b/sys/dev/firewire/firewirereg.h
index 534eecf7e062..02c8ef70025a 100644
--- a/sys/dev/firewire/firewirereg.h
+++ b/sys/dev/firewire/firewirereg.h
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ struct fw_xfer *fw_xfer_alloc_buf (struct malloc_type *, int, int);
 void fw_init (struct firewire_comm *);
 int fw_tbuf_update (struct firewire_comm *, int, int);
 int fw_rbuf_update (struct firewire_comm *, int, int);
-void fw_asybusy (struct fw_xfer *);
 int fw_bindadd (struct firewire_comm *, struct fw_bind *);
 int fw_bindremove (struct firewire_comm *, struct fw_bind *);
 int fw_asyreq (struct firewire_comm *, int, struct fw_xfer*);