diff --git a/src/scan.c b/src/scan.c
index 2114f2b9..5f84cc3c 100644
--- a/src/scan.c
+++ b/src/scan.c
@@ -785,17 +785,6 @@ void scan_bss_free(struct scan_bss *bss)
 	l_free(bss);
 }
 
-const char *scan_bss_address_to_string(const struct scan_bss *bss)
-{
-	static char buf[32];
-
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X",
-			bss->addr[0], bss->addr[1], bss->addr[2],
-			bss->addr[3], bss->addr[4], bss->addr[5]);
-
-	return buf;
-}
-
 void bss_get_supported_ciphers(struct scan_bss *bss,
 				uint16_t *pairwise_ciphers,
 				uint16_t *group_ciphers)
diff --git a/src/scan.h b/src/scan.h
index 9c62bd51..0787b27c 100644
--- a/src/scan.h
+++ b/src/scan.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ void scan_sched_start(struct l_genl_family *nl80211, uint32_t ifindex,
 enum security scan_get_security(enum ie_bss_capability bss_cap,
 						const struct ie_rsn_info *info);
 void scan_bss_free(struct scan_bss *bss);
-const char *scan_bss_address_to_string(const struct scan_bss *bss);
 int scan_bss_rank_compare(const void *a, const void *b, void *user);
 
 void bss_get_supported_ciphers(struct scan_bss *bss,