diff --git a/grub-core/kern/dl.c b/grub-core/kern/dl.c
index 09849f174..02d785b9b 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/dl.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/dl.c
@@ -682,20 +682,3 @@ grub_dl_unload_unneeded (void)
       p = p->next;
     }
 }
-
-/* Unload all modules.  */
-void
-grub_dl_unload_all (void)
-{
-  while (grub_dl_head)
-    {
-      grub_dl_t p;
-
-      grub_dl_unload_unneeded ();
-
-      /* Force to decrement the ref count. This will purge pre-loaded
-	 modules and manually inserted modules.  */
-      for (p = grub_dl_head; p; p = p->next)
-	p->ref_count--;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S b/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S
index a73e27ad6..7ae901712 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S
+++ b/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S
@@ -546,8 +546,6 @@ FUNCTION(grub_chainloader_real_boot)
 	pushl	%edx
 	pushl	%eax
 
-	call	EXT_C(grub_dl_unload_all)
-
 	/* Turn off Gate A20 */
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	call	EXT_C(grub_gate_a20)
diff --git a/include/grub/dl.h b/include/grub/dl.h
index 9db610467..afc4af41a 100644
--- a/include/grub/dl.h
+++ b/include/grub/dl.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ grub_dl_t EXPORT_FUNC(grub_dl_load) (const char *name);
 grub_dl_t grub_dl_load_core (void *addr, grub_size_t size);
 int EXPORT_FUNC(grub_dl_unload) (grub_dl_t mod);
 void grub_dl_unload_unneeded (void);
-void grub_dl_unload_all (void);
 int EXPORT_FUNC(grub_dl_ref) (grub_dl_t mod);
 int EXPORT_FUNC(grub_dl_unref) (grub_dl_t mod);
 extern grub_dl_t EXPORT_VAR(grub_dl_head);