diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index a4f6bb96d4f4..9663dec3dcf3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -210,18 +210,6 @@ void iio_buffer_init(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_buffer_init);
 
-/**
- * iio_buffer_set_attrs - Set buffer specific attributes
- * @buffer: The buffer for which we are setting attributes
- * @attrs: Pointer to a null terminated list of pointers to attributes
- */
-void iio_buffer_set_attrs(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
-			 const struct attribute **attrs)
-{
-	buffer->attrs = attrs;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_set_attrs);
-
 static ssize_t iio_show_scan_index(struct device *dev,
 				   struct device_attribute *attr,
 				   char *buf)
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
index fbba4093f06c..8febc23f5f26 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 
 struct iio_buffer;
 
-void iio_buffer_set_attrs(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
-			 const struct attribute **attrs);
-
 int iio_push_to_buffers(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, const void *data);
 
 /**