diff --git a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_manager_shader.cc b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_manager_shader.cc
index 788dbd5b7b0..1631b7195f4 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_manager_shader.cc
+++ b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_manager_shader.cc
@@ -445,9 +445,4 @@ void DRW_shader_queue_optimize_material(GPUMaterial *mat)
   drw_deferred_queue_append(mat, true);
 }
 
-static void UNUSED_FUNCTION(DRW_shader_free)(GPUShader *shader)
-{
-  GPU_shader_free(shader);
-}
-
 /** \} */