diff --git a/include/haproxy/hstream.h b/include/haproxy/hstream.h
index 893adff60..7ba0d4d14 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/hstream.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/hstream.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <haproxy/hstream-t.h>
 
 struct task *sc_hstream_io_cb(struct task *t, void *ctx, unsigned int state);
-int hstream_wake(struct stconn *sc);
 void hstream_shutdown(struct stconn *sc);
 void *hstream_new(struct session *sess, struct stconn *sc, struct buffer *input);
 
diff --git a/src/haterm.c b/src/haterm.c
index 05b3a306c..564bf2aea 100644
--- a/src/haterm.c
+++ b/src/haterm.c
@@ -447,15 +447,6 @@ err:
 	goto leave;
 }
 
-int hstream_wake(struct stconn *sc)
-{
-	struct hstream *hs = __sc_hstream(sc);
-
-	TRACE_STATE("waking up task", HS_EV_HSTRM_IO_CB, hs);
-	task_wakeup(hs->task, TASK_WOKEN_IO);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* Add data to HTX response buffer from pre-built responses */
 static void hstream_add_data(struct htx *htx, struct hstream *hs)
 {