diff --git a/dll/win32/kernel32/client/file/disk.c b/dll/win32/kernel32/client/file/disk.c
index 1b7d1e3a9d8..74ca5713f0c 100644
--- a/dll/win32/kernel32/client/file/disk.c
+++ b/dll/win32/kernel32/client/file/disk.c
@@ -27,53 +27,6 @@ DEBUG_CHANNEL(kernel32file);
 
 #define MAX_DOS_DRIVES 26
 
-HANDLE
-WINAPI
-InternalOpenDirW(IN LPCWSTR DirName,
-                 IN BOOLEAN Write)
-{
-    UNICODE_STRING NtPathU;
-    OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES ObjectAttributes;
-    NTSTATUS errCode;
-    IO_STATUS_BLOCK IoStatusBlock;
-    HANDLE hFile;
-
-    if (!RtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U(DirName, &NtPathU, NULL, NULL))
-    {
-        WARN("Invalid path\n");
-        SetLastError(ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME);
-        return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-    }
-
-    InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
-                               &NtPathU,
-                               OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
-                               NULL,
-                               NULL);
-
-    errCode = NtCreateFile(&hFile,
-                           Write ? FILE_GENERIC_WRITE : FILE_GENERIC_READ,
-                           &ObjectAttributes,
-                           &IoStatusBlock,
-                           NULL,
-                           0,
-                           FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-                           FILE_OPEN,
-                           0,
-                           NULL,
-                           0);
-
-    RtlFreeHeap(RtlGetProcessHeap(), 0, NtPathU.Buffer);
-
-    if (!NT_SUCCESS(errCode))
-    {
-        BaseSetLastNTError(errCode);
-        return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-    }
-
-    return hFile;
-}
-
 /*
  * @implemented
  */