diff --git a/lib/util/dif.c b/lib/util/dif.c
index 239950006..5ea276a9f 100644
--- a/lib/util/dif.c
+++ b/lib/util/dif.c
@@ -1438,49 +1438,18 @@ end:
 	return iovcnt - dif_sgl.iovcnt;
 }
 
-static int
-dif_generate_stream(uint8_t *buf, uint32_t buf_len,
-		    uint32_t data_offset, uint32_t data_len,
-		    const struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	uint32_t data_block_size, offset_blocks, num_blocks, i;
-	uint16_t guard = 0;
-
-	data_block_size = ctx->block_size - ctx->md_size;
-
-	offset_blocks = data_offset / data_block_size;
-	data_len += data_offset % data_block_size;
-
-	data_offset = offset_blocks * ctx->block_size;
-	num_blocks = data_len / data_block_size;
-
-	if (data_offset + num_blocks * ctx->block_size > buf_len) {
-		return -ERANGE;
-	}
-
-	buf += data_offset;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num_blocks; i++) {
-		if (ctx->dif_flags & SPDK_DIF_FLAGS_GUARD_CHECK) {
-			guard = spdk_crc16_t10dif(ctx->guard_seed, buf, ctx->guard_interval);
-		}
-
-		_dif_generate(buf + ctx->guard_interval, guard, offset_blocks + i, ctx);
-
-		buf += ctx->block_size;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-dif_generate_stream_split(struct iovec *iovs, int iovcnt,
-			  uint32_t data_offset, uint32_t data_len,
-			  const struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx)
+int
+spdk_dif_generate_stream(struct iovec *iovs, int iovcnt,
+			 uint32_t data_offset, uint32_t data_len,
+			 const struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	uint32_t data_block_size, offset_blocks, num_blocks, i;
 	struct _dif_sgl sgl;
 
+	if (iovs == NULL || iovcnt == 0) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	data_block_size = ctx->block_size - ctx->md_size;
 
 	offset_blocks = data_offset / data_block_size;
@@ -1503,20 +1472,3 @@ dif_generate_stream_split(struct iovec *iovs, int iovcnt,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-int
-spdk_dif_generate_stream(struct iovec *iovs, int iovcnt,
-			 uint32_t data_offset, uint32_t data_len,
-			 const struct spdk_dif_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	if (iovs == NULL || iovcnt == 0) {
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (iovcnt == 1) {
-		return dif_generate_stream(iovs[0].iov_base, iovs[0].iov_len,
-					   data_offset, data_len, ctx);
-	} else {
-		return dif_generate_stream_split(iovs, iovcnt, data_offset, data_len, ctx);
-	}
-}