diff --git a/route/bgp.go b/route/bgp.go
index 418c45e618926d8e63df0af74de3e9ea8c554422..847964f913645397ffbab534c73cafd3f7b0d9c9 100644
--- a/route/bgp.go
+++ b/route/bgp.go
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ func (b *BGPPath) better(c *BGPPath) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (b *BGPPath) ecmp(c *BGPPath) bool {
-	return b.LocalPref == c.LocalPref && b.ASPathLen == c.ASPathLen && b.Origin == c.Origin && b.MED == c.MED
-}
-
 func (b *BGPPath) Print() string {
 	origin := ""
 	switch b.Origin {