return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * mei_amthif_read - read data from AMTHIF client
- *
- * @dev: the device structure
- * @file: pointer to file object
- * @ubuf: pointer to user data in user space
- * @length: data length to read
- * @offset: data read offset
- *
- * Locking: called under "dev->device_lock" lock
- *
- * Return:
- *  returned data length on success,
- *  zero if no data to read,
- *  negative on failure.
- */
-int mei_amthif_read(struct mei_device *dev, struct file *file,
-              char __user *ubuf, size_t length, loff_t *offset)
-{
-       struct mei_cl *cl = file->private_data;
-       struct mei_cl_cb *cb;
-       int rets;
-       int wait_ret;
-
-       dev_dbg(dev->dev, "checking amthif data\n");
-       cb = mei_cl_read_cb(cl, file);
-
-       /* Check for if we can block or not*/
-       if (cb == NULL && file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
-               return -EAGAIN;
-
-
-       dev_dbg(dev->dev, "waiting for amthif data\n");
-       while (cb == NULL) {
-               /* unlock the Mutex */
-               mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
-
-               wait_ret = wait_event_interruptible(cl->rx_wait,
-                                       !list_empty(&cl->rd_completed) ||
-                                       !mei_cl_is_connected(cl));
-
-               /* Locking again the Mutex */
-               mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
-
-               if (wait_ret)
-                       return -ERESTARTSYS;
-
-               if (!mei_cl_is_connected(cl)) {
-                       rets = -ENODEV;
-                       goto out;
-               }
-
-               cb = mei_cl_read_cb(cl, file);
-       }
-
-       if (cb->status) {
-               rets = cb->status;
-               dev_dbg(dev->dev, "read operation failed %d\n", rets);
-               goto free;
-       }
-
-       dev_dbg(dev->dev, "Got amthif data\n");
-       /* if the whole message will fit remove it from the list */
-       if (cb->buf_idx >= *offset && length >= (cb->buf_idx - *offset))
-               list_del_init(&cb->list);
-       else if (cb->buf_idx <= *offset) {
-               /* end of the message has been reached */
-               list_del_init(&cb->list);
-               rets = 0;
-               goto free;
-       }
-               /* else means that not full buffer will be read and do not
-                * remove message from deletion list
-                */
-
-       dev_dbg(dev->dev, "amthif cb->buf.size - %zu cb->buf_idx - %zu\n",
-               cb->buf.size, cb->buf_idx);
-
-       /* length is being truncated to PAGE_SIZE, however,
-        * the buf_idx may point beyond */
-       length = min_t(size_t, length, (cb->buf_idx - *offset));
-
-       if (copy_to_user(ubuf, cb->buf.data + *offset, length)) {
-               dev_dbg(dev->dev, "failed to copy data to userland\n");
-               rets = -EFAULT;
-       } else {
-               rets = length;
-               if ((*offset + length) < cb->buf_idx) {
-                       *offset += length;
-                       goto out;
-               }
-       }
-free:
-       dev_dbg(dev->dev, "free amthif cb memory.\n");
-       *offset = 0;
-       mei_io_cb_free(cb);
-out:
-       return rets;
-}
-
 /**
  * mei_amthif_read_start - queue message for sending read credential
  *