diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.h b/net/tipc/msg.h
index c1b6217..68b65ef 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.h
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.h
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
 #define  MSG_BUNDLER          6
 #define  LINK_PROTOCOL        7
 #define  CONN_MANAGER         8
-#define  ROUTE_DISTRIBUTOR    9
+#define  ROUTE_DISTRIBUTOR    9		/* obsoleted */
 #define  CHANGEOVER_PROTOCOL  10
 #define  NAME_DISTRIBUTOR     11
 #define  MSG_FRAGMENTER       12
@@ -819,11 +819,6 @@
 	msg_set_word(m, msg_hdr_sz(m)/4, a);
 }
 
-static inline void msg_set_dataoctet(struct tipc_msg *m, u32 pos)
-{
-	msg_data(m)[pos + 4] = 1;
-}
-
 /*
  * Segmentation message types
  */