diff --git a/include/os0thread.h b/include/os0thread.h
index 2cc971fe9ed..2ed9fd975d7 100644
--- a/include/os0thread.h
+++ b/include/os0thread.h
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ os_thread_create(
 	os_thread_id_t*		thread_id);	/* out: id of the created
 						thread, or NULL */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_JOIN
-UNIV_INTERN
-int
-os_thread_join(
-/*===========*/
-  os_thread_id_t  thread_id);	/* in: id of the thread to join */
-#endif
 /*********************************************************************
 Exits the current thread. */
 UNIV_INTERN
diff --git a/os/os0thread.c b/os/os0thread.c
index 4e02d689b7f..6f7cfd725e6 100644
--- a/os/os0thread.c
+++ b/os/os0thread.c
@@ -217,15 +217,6 @@ os_thread_exit(
 #endif
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_JOIN
-int
-os_thread_join(
-/*===========*/
-  os_thread_id_t  thread_id)	/* in: id of the thread to join */
-{
-	return(pthread_join(thread_id, NULL));
-}
-#endif
 /*********************************************************************
 Returns handle to the current thread. */
 UNIV_INTERN