diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index 3e3f1343c..cefd6e2a5 100755
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ int security_change_sid(struct selinux_state *state, u32 ssid, u32 tsid,
 int security_sid_to_context(struct selinux_state *state, u32 sid,
 			    char **scontext, u32 *scontext_len);
 
-int security_sid_to_context_type(struct selinux_state *state, u32 sid, u32 *out);
-
 int security_sid_to_context_force(struct selinux_state *state,
 				  u32 sid, char **scontext, u32 *scontext_len);
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 066a1e6c2..370c14442 100755
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -1386,35 +1386,6 @@ out_unlock:
 
 }
 
-// based on security_sid_to_context_core() above
-int security_sid_to_context_type(struct selinux_state *state, u32 sid, u32 *out)
-{
-	struct selinux_policy *policy;
-	struct policydb *policydb;
-	struct sidtab *sidtab;
-	struct sidtab_entry *entry;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	policy = rcu_dereference(state->policy);
-	policydb = &policy->policydb;
-	sidtab = policy->sidtab;
-
-	entry = sidtab_search_entry(sidtab, sid);
-
-	if (!entry) {
-		pr_err("SELinux: %s:  unrecognized SID %d\n", __func__, sid);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	*out = entry->context.type;
-
-out_unlock:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return rc;
-}
-
 /**
  * security_sid_to_context - Obtain a context for a given SID.
  * @sid: security identifier, SID