diff --git a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
index 10145fe5fc..b4250545f8 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #define DLOAD_MAGIC_COOKIE	0x10
-#define DLOAD_DISABLED		0x40
 
 #define TCSR_SOC_HW_VERSION_REG 0x194D000
 
@@ -359,16 +358,6 @@ __weak int ipq_get_tz_version(char *version_name, int buf_size)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int apps_iscrashed_crashdump_disabled(void)
-{
-	u32 *dmagic = (u32 *)CONFIG_IPQ5018_DMAGIC_ADDR;
-
-	if (*dmagic == DLOAD_DISABLED)
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int apps_iscrashed(void)
 {
 	u32 *dmagic = (u32 *)CONFIG_IPQ5018_DMAGIC_ADDR;