diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_taskqueue.c b/sys/kern/subr_taskqueue.c
index 086c4a95de81..2cf1f63d9a21 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_taskqueue.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_taskqueue.c
@@ -659,30 +659,6 @@ taskqueue_start_threads_cpuset(struct taskqueue **tqp, int count, int pri,
 	return (error);
 }
 
-int
-taskqueue_start_threads_pinned(struct taskqueue **tqp, int count, int pri,
-    int cpu_id, const char *name, ...)
-{
-	cpuset_t mask;
-	va_list ap;
-	int error;
-
-	/*
-	 * In case someone passes in NOCPU, just fall back to the
-	 * default behaviour of "don't pin".
-	 */
-	if (cpu_id != NOCPU) {
-		CPU_ZERO(&mask);
-		CPU_SET(cpu_id, &mask);
-	}
-
-	va_start(ap, name);
-	error = _taskqueue_start_threads(tqp, count, pri,
-	    cpu_id == NOCPU ? NULL : &mask, name, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-	return (error);
-}
-
 static inline void
 taskqueue_run_callback(struct taskqueue *tq,
     enum taskqueue_callback_type cb_type)
diff --git a/sys/sys/taskqueue.h b/sys/sys/taskqueue.h
index 9a00ada1b3b5..9b72e46b5e6f 100644
--- a/sys/sys/taskqueue.h
+++ b/sys/sys/taskqueue.h
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ int	taskqueue_start_threads(struct taskqueue **tqp, int count, int pri,
 				const char *name, ...) __printflike(4, 5);
 int	taskqueue_start_threads_cpuset(struct taskqueue **tqp, int count,
 	    int pri, cpuset_t *mask, const char *name, ...) __printflike(5, 6);
-int	taskqueue_start_threads_pinned(struct taskqueue **tqp, int count,
-				    int pri, int cpu_id, const char *name,
-				    ...) __printflike(5, 6);
-
 int	taskqueue_enqueue(struct taskqueue *queue, struct task *task);
 int	taskqueue_enqueue_timeout(struct taskqueue *queue,
 	    struct timeout_task *timeout_task, int ticks);