diff --git a/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h b/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
index da2b9cdad..6660e37b2 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ int spdk_nvmf_request_get_buffers_multi(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req,
 bool spdk_nvmf_request_get_dif_ctx(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req, struct spdk_dif_ctx *dif_ctx);
 
 void spdk_nvmf_request_exec(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req);
-void spdk_nvmf_request_exec_fabrics(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req);
 int spdk_nvmf_request_free(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req);
 int spdk_nvmf_request_complete(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req);
 
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
index d0bbe2464..d3c4155be 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
@@ -3335,24 +3335,6 @@ _nvmf_request_exec(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req,
 	}
 }
 
-void
-spdk_nvmf_request_exec_fabrics(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req)
-{
-	struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair = req->qpair;
-	struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem_poll_group *sgroup = NULL;
-
-	assert(req->cmd->nvmf_cmd.opcode == SPDK_NVME_OPC_FABRIC);
-
-	if (qpair->ctrlr) {
-		sgroup = &qpair->group->sgroups[qpair->ctrlr->subsys->id];
-		assert(sgroup != NULL);
-	} else {
-		sgroup = nvmf_subsystem_pg_from_connect_cmd(req);
-	}
-
-	_nvmf_request_exec(req, sgroup);
-}
-
 void
 spdk_nvmf_request_exec(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req)
 {
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map b/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map
index 261c03960..c6b9e601f 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map
+++ b/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
 	spdk_nvmf_request_get_buffers_multi;
 	spdk_nvmf_request_get_dif_ctx;
 	spdk_nvmf_request_exec;
-	spdk_nvmf_request_exec_fabrics;
 	spdk_nvmf_request_free;
 	spdk_nvmf_request_complete;
 	spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_get_subsystem;