diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index a93090a24..3ae2b733c 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -2281,18 +2281,6 @@ int spdk_nvme_ctrlr_update_firmware(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, void *payload
 				    int slot, enum spdk_nvme_fw_commit_action commit_action,
 				    struct spdk_nvme_status *completion_status);
 
-/**
- * Return virtual address of PCIe NVM I/O registers
- *
- * This function returns a pointer to the PCIe I/O registers for a controller
- * or NULL if unsupported for this transport.
- *
- * \param ctrlr Controller whose registers are to be accessed.
- *
- * \return Pointer to virtual address of register bank, or NULL.
- */
-volatile struct spdk_nvme_registers *spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_registers(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr);
-
 /**
  * Reserve the controller memory buffer for data transfer use.
  *
diff --git a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
index 2a6c51e30..cfe2dae41 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
+++ b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_delete_ns;
 	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_format;
 	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_update_firmware;
-	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_registers;
 	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_reserve_cmb;
 	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_map_cmb;
 	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_unmap_cmb;