diff --git a/sys/dev/ipmi/ipmi_smbios.c b/sys/dev/ipmi/ipmi_smbios.c
--- a/sys/dev/ipmi/ipmi_smbios.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ipmi/ipmi_smbios.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
 MTX_SYSINIT(ipmi_info, &ipmi_info_mtx, "ipmi info", MTX_DEF);
 
 static void	ipmi_smbios_probe(struct ipmi_get_info *);
-static int	smbios_cksum(struct smbios_eps *);
 static void	smbios_walk_table(uint8_t *, vm_size_t, smbios_callback_t,
 		    void *);
 static void	smbios_ipmi_info(struct smbios_structure_header *, void *);
@@ -237,19 +236,3 @@
 
 	return (info->iface_type != 0);
 }
-
-static int
-smbios_cksum(struct smbios_eps *e)
-{
-	u_int8_t *ptr;
-	u_int8_t cksum;
-	int i;
-
-	ptr = (u_int8_t *)e;
-	cksum = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < e->length; i++) {
-		cksum += ptr[i];
-	}
-
-	return (cksum);
-}