diff --git a/drivers/mrf24j40/include/mrf24j40_internal.h b/drivers/mrf24j40/include/mrf24j40_internal.h
index e3e911998dc081a084d165df1246e27f3378cb64..fb4c623e34e7bd5ea00567e32ef4f451d3531f76 100644
--- a/drivers/mrf24j40/include/mrf24j40_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/mrf24j40/include/mrf24j40_internal.h
@@ -73,16 +73,6 @@ uint8_t mrf24j40_reg_read_long(mrf24j40_t *dev, const uint16_t addr);
  */
 void mrf24j40_reg_write_long(mrf24j40_t *dev, const uint16_t addr, const uint8_t value);
 
-/**
- * @brief   Read a chunk of data from the TX Normal FIFO area of the given device
- *
- * @param[in]  dev      device to read from
- * @param[in]  offset   starting address to read from [valid 0x00-0x1ff]
- * @param[out] data     buffer to read data into
- * @param[in]  len      number of bytes to read from FIFO
- */
-void mrf24j40_tx_normal_fifo_read(mrf24j40_t *dev, const uint16_t offset, uint8_t *data, const size_t len);
-
 /**
  * @brief   Write a chunk of data into the TX Normal FIFO area of the given device
  *
diff --git a/drivers/mrf24j40/mrf24j40_internal.c b/drivers/mrf24j40/mrf24j40_internal.c
index 6b5a735ec30fe37c80c9b8b57e1a3c4ac2b6792e..39e09cdd95ced75592b3db6e7647ab2981c66f39 100644
--- a/drivers/mrf24j40/mrf24j40_internal.c
+++ b/drivers/mrf24j40/mrf24j40_internal.c
@@ -153,19 +153,6 @@ void mrf24j40_reg_write_long(mrf24j40_t *dev, const uint16_t addr, const uint8_t
     spi_release(SPIDEV);
 }
 
-void mrf24j40_tx_normal_fifo_read(mrf24j40_t *dev, const uint16_t offset, uint8_t *data, const size_t len)
-{
-    uint8_t reg1, reg2;
-
-    reg1 = MRF24J40_LONG_ADDR_TRANS | (offset >> 3);
-    reg2 = (offset << 5) | MRF24J40_ACCESS_READ;
-    getbus(dev);
-    spi_transfer_byte(SPIDEV, CSPIN, true, reg1);
-    spi_transfer_byte(SPIDEV, CSPIN, true, reg2);
-    spi_transfer_bytes(SPIDEV, CSPIN, false, NULL, (char *)data, len);
-    spi_release(SPIDEV);
-}
-
 void mrf24j40_tx_normal_fifo_write(mrf24j40_t *dev,
                                    const uint16_t offset,
                                    const uint8_t *data,