diff --git a/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/hijack.c b/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/hijack.c
index a07d56b5ed7ff4..c3ba1523b4fc9f 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/hijack.c
+++ b/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/hijack.c
@@ -305,24 +305,7 @@ int select(int nfds, fd_set *r, fd_set *w, fd_set *e, struct timeval *t)
 }
 
 HOOK_CALL_USE_HOST_BEFORE_START(epoll_create);
-int epoll_create(int flags)
-{
-	int res;
-
-	if (!lkl_running)
-		res = host_epoll_create(flags);
-	else
-		res = lkl_call(__lkl__NR_epoll_create, 1, flags);
-
-	return res;
-}
-
 HOOK_CALL_USE_HOST_BEFORE_START(epoll_create1);
-int epoll_create1(int flags)
-{
-	return lkl_call(__lkl__NR_epoll_create1, 1, flags);
-}
-
 
 HOST_CALL(epoll_ctl);
 int epoll_ctl(int epollfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event *event)