diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
index 5d9286548..e4f5c9eb2 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
@@ -110,21 +110,6 @@ nvmf_tgt_create_subsystem(const char *name, enum spdk_nvmf_subtype subtype, uint
 	return subsystem;
 }
 
-int
-nvmf_tgt_shutdown_subsystem_by_nqn(const char *nqn)
-{
-	struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem;
-
-	subsystem = spdk_nvmf_tgt_find_subsystem(g_tgt.tgt, nqn);
-	if (!subsystem) {
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	spdk_nvmf_subsystem_destroy(subsystem);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void
 nvmf_tgt_poll_group_add(void *arg1, void *arg2)
 {
diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.h b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.h
index b54a4931a..8e94d6079 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.h
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.h
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *spdk_nvmf_construct_subsystem(const char *name,
 		int num_hosts, char *hosts[], bool allow_any_host,
 		const char *sn, size_t num_ns, struct spdk_nvmf_ns_params *ns_list);
 
-int
-nvmf_tgt_shutdown_subsystem_by_nqn(const char *nqn);
-
 int spdk_nvmf_tgt_start(struct spdk_app_opts *opts);
 
 #endif