diff --git a/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py b/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py
index 6bea5d90f8c..106dfd2c5a3 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ def call_symbol_check(cc, source, executable, options):
     os.remove(executable)
     return (p.returncode, p.stdout.rstrip())
 
-def get_machine(cc):
-    p = subprocess.run([cc,'-dumpmachine'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
-    return p.stdout.rstrip()
-
 class TestSymbolChecks(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_ELF(self):
         source = 'test1.c'