diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index 577ab03ae89cba77140f6732d3af3e9707b135de..9ed7e5f25999ae240a45c02603d6ffd9907a3b6a 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -11253,40 +11253,6 @@ int ast_channel_get_cc_agent_type(struct ast_channel *chan, char *agent_type, si
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* DO NOT PUT ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS BELOW THIS BOUNDARY
- *
- * ONLY FUNCTIONS FOR PROVIDING BACKWARDS ABI COMPATIBILITY BELONG HERE
- *
- */
-
-/* Provide binary compatibility for modules that call ast_channel_alloc() directly;
- * newly compiled modules will call __ast_channel_alloc() via the macros in channel.h
- */
-#undef ast_channel_alloc
-struct ast_channel __attribute__((format(printf, 10, 11)))
-	*ast_channel_alloc(int needqueue, int state, const char *cid_num,
-			   const char *cid_name, const char *acctcode,
-			   const char *exten, const char *context,
-			   const char *linkedid, const int amaflag,
-			   const char *name_fmt, ...);
-struct ast_channel *ast_channel_alloc(int needqueue, int state, const char *cid_num,
-				      const char *cid_name, const char *acctcode,
-				      const char *exten, const char *context,
-				      const char *linkedid, const int amaflag,
-				      const char *name_fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	struct ast_channel *result;
-
-
-	va_start(ap, name_fmt);
-	result = __ast_channel_alloc_ap(needqueue, state, cid_num, cid_name, acctcode, exten, context,
-					linkedid, amaflag, __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, name_fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
 void ast_channel_unlink(struct ast_channel *chan)
 {
 	ao2_unlink(channels, chan);