diff --git a/lib/gssapi/gssapi/gssapi.h b/lib/gssapi/gssapi/gssapi.h
index 4180cd3ee..1c6501ba9 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/gssapi/gssapi.h
+++ b/lib/gssapi/gssapi/gssapi.h
@@ -1228,12 +1228,6 @@ gss_get_neg_mechs(
     gss_const_cred_id_t /* cred_handle */,
     gss_OID_set * /* mech_list */);
 
-GSSAPI_LIB_FUNCTION OM_uint32 GSSAPI_LIB_CALL
-gss_release_cred_by_mech(
-    OM_uint32 * /* minor_status */,
-    gss_cred_id_t /* cred_handle */,
-    gss_const_OID /* mech */);
-
 GSSAPI_LIB_FUNCTION void GSSAPI_LIB_CALL
 gss_set_log_function(void *ctx, void (*func)(void * ctx, int level, const char *fmt, va_list));
 
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/libgssapi-exports.def b/lib/gssapi/libgssapi-exports.def
index 1f72489da..f1edb983f 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/libgssapi-exports.def
+++ b/lib/gssapi/libgssapi-exports.def
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ EXPORTS
 	gss_release_buffer
 	gss_release_buffer_set
 	gss_release_cred
-	gss_release_cred_by_mech
 	gss_release_iov_buffer
 	gss_release_name
 	gss_release_oid
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/mech/cred.c b/lib/gssapi/mech/cred.c
index 1a9ee6143..b0f5420fc 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/mech/cred.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/mech/cred.c
@@ -78,24 +78,3 @@ _gss_mg_alloc_cred(void)
 	return cred;
 }
 
-GSSAPI_LIB_FUNCTION OM_uint32 GSSAPI_LIB_CALL
-gss_release_cred_by_mech(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
-			 gss_cred_id_t cred_handle,
-			 gss_const_OID mech_oid)
-{
-	struct _gss_cred *cred = (struct _gss_cred *)cred_handle;
-	struct _gss_mechanism_cred *mc, *next;
-	OM_uint32 major_status = GSS_S_NO_CRED;
-
-	*minor_status = 0;
-
-	HEIM_TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(mc, &cred->gc_mc, gmc_link, next) {
-		if (gss_oid_equal(mech_oid, mc->gmc_mech_oid)) {
-			HEIM_TAILQ_REMOVE(&cred->gc_mc, mc, gmc_link);
-			major_status = release_mech_cred(minor_status, mc);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return major_status;
-}
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/version-script.map b/lib/gssapi/version-script.map
index 26c9570a8..6db230b9d 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/version-script.map
+++ b/lib/gssapi/version-script.map
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ HEIMDAL_GSS_2.0 {
 		gss_release_buffer;
 		gss_release_buffer_set;
 		gss_release_cred;
-		gss_release_cred_by_mech;
 		gss_release_iov_buffer;
 		gss_release_name;
 		gss_release_oid;