diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/ept.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/ept.c
index 50e1e49a2..601872545 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/ept.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/ept.c
@@ -446,8 +446,3 @@ void walk_ept_table(struct acrn_vm *vm, pge_handler cb)
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-struct page *alloc_ept_page(struct acrn_vm *vm)
-{
-	return alloc_page(vm->arch_vm.ept_pgtable.pool);
-}
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/ept.h b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/ept.h
index 526fc062d..ab38e11e1 100644
--- a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/ept.h
+++ b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/ept.h
@@ -164,16 +164,6 @@ void walk_ept_table(struct acrn_vm *vm, pge_handler cb);
  */
 int32_t ept_misconfig_vmexit_handler(__unused struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu);
 
-/**
- * @brief allocate a page from the VM's EPT pagetable page pool
- *
- * @param[in] vm the pointer that points to VM data structure
- *
- * @retval a page pointer if there's available used pages in the VM's EPT
- *         pagetable page pool, null otherwise.
- */
-struct page *alloc_ept_page(struct acrn_vm *vm);
-
 void init_ept_pgtable(struct pgtable *table, uint16_t vm_id);
 void reserve_buffer_for_ept_pages(void);
 #endif /* EPT_H */