diff --git a/src/scan.c b/src/scan.c
index 566fff6b..3c25a284 100644
--- a/src/scan.c
+++ b/src/scan.c
@@ -559,24 +559,6 @@ bool scan_cancel(uint32_t ifindex, uint32_t id)
 	return true;
 }
 
-void scan_sched_start(struct l_genl_family *nl80211, uint32_t ifindex,
-			uint32_t scan_interval,
-			scan_func_t callback, void *user_data)
-{
-	struct l_genl_msg *msg;
-
-	scan_interval *= 1000;	/* in kernel the interval is in msecs */
-
-	msg = l_genl_msg_new_sized(NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN, 32);
-	l_genl_msg_append_attr(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, 4, &ifindex);
-	l_genl_msg_append_attr(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL,
-							4, &scan_interval);
-	l_genl_msg_append_attr(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER, 0, NULL);
-
-	if (!l_genl_family_send(nl80211, msg, callback, user_data, NULL))
-		l_error("Starting scheduled scan failed");
-}
-
 static void scan_periodic_triggered(struct l_genl_msg *msg, void *user_data)
 {
 	struct scan_context *sc = user_data;
@@ -1365,7 +1347,6 @@ static void scan_notify(struct l_genl_msg *msg, void *user_data)
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case NL80211_CMD_NEW_SCAN_RESULTS:
-	case NL80211_CMD_SCHED_SCAN_RESULTS:
 	{
 		struct l_genl_msg *scan_msg;
 		struct scan_results *results;
diff --git a/src/scan.h b/src/scan.h
index bda58ce8..446e37ec 100644
--- a/src/scan.h
+++ b/src/scan.h
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ void scan_periodic_start(uint32_t ifindex, scan_trigger_func_t trigger,
 				scan_notify_func_t func, void *userdata);
 bool scan_periodic_stop(uint32_t ifindex);
 
-void scan_sched_start(struct l_genl_family *nl80211, uint32_t ifindex,
-			uint32_t scan_interval, scan_func_t callback,
-			void *user_data);
-
 void scan_bss_free(struct scan_bss *bss);
 int scan_bss_rank_compare(const void *a, const void *b, void *user);