diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/vm/vm_page.h b/headers/private/kernel/vm/vm_page.h
index 464d254ce0..00e892d6f0 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/vm/vm_page.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/vm/vm_page.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ void vm_page_requeue(struct vm_page *page, bool tail);
 // get some data about the number of pages in the system
 page_num_t vm_page_num_pages(void);
 page_num_t vm_page_num_free_pages(void);
-page_num_t vm_page_num_available_pages(void);
 page_num_t vm_page_num_unused_pages(void);
 void vm_page_get_stats(system_info *info);
 phys_addr_t vm_page_max_address();
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp
index 0e03c935d2..19154d9aa6 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp
@@ -4167,20 +4167,6 @@ vm_page_num_pages(void)
 }
 
 
-/*! There is a subtle distinction between the page counts returned by
-	this function and vm_page_num_free_pages():
-	The latter returns the number of pages that are completely uncommitted,
-	whereas this one returns the number of pages that are available for
-	use by being reclaimed as well (IOW it factors in things like cache pages
-	as available).
-*/
-page_num_t
-vm_page_num_available_pages(void)
-{
-	return vm_available_memory() / B_PAGE_SIZE;
-}
-
-
 page_num_t
 vm_page_num_free_pages(void)
 {