diff --git a/hostapd/ieee802_11.c b/hostapd/ieee802_11.c
index 584cd3193..42e1e99b8 100644
--- a/hostapd/ieee802_11.c
+++ b/hostapd/ieee802_11.c
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ static u16 auth_shared_key(struct hostapd_data *hapd, struct sta_info *sta,
 			r = random();
 			os_memcpy(key, &now, 4);
 			os_memcpy(key + 4, &r, 4);
-			rc4(sta->challenge, WLAN_AUTH_CHALLENGE_LEN,
-			    key, sizeof(key));
+			rc4_skip(key, sizeof(key), 0,
+				 sta->challenge, WLAN_AUTH_CHALLENGE_LEN);
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/hostapd/ieee802_1x.c b/hostapd/ieee802_1x.c
index 722956aad..9e26521df 100644
--- a/hostapd/ieee802_1x.c
+++ b/hostapd/ieee802_1x.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void ieee802_1x_tx_key_one(struct hostapd_data *hapd,
 	}
 	os_memcpy(ekey, key->key_iv, sizeof(key->key_iv));
 	os_memcpy(ekey + sizeof(key->key_iv), sm->eap_if->eapKeyData, 32);
-	rc4((u8 *) (key + 1), key_len, ekey, ekey_len);
+	rc4_skip(ekey, ekey_len, 0, (u8 *) (key + 1), key_len);
 	os_free(ekey);
 
 	/* This header is needed here for HMAC-MD5, but it will be regenerated
diff --git a/src/crypto/ms_funcs.c b/src/crypto/ms_funcs.c
index 9c5b2f984..9839a7dd1 100644
--- a/src/crypto/ms_funcs.c
+++ b/src/crypto/ms_funcs.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int encrypt_pw_block_with_password_hash(
 	 */
 	pos = &pw_block[2 * 256];
 	WPA_PUT_LE16(pos, password_len * 2);
-	rc4(pw_block, PWBLOCK_LEN, password_hash, 16);
+	rc4_skip(password_hash, 16, 0, pw_block, PWBLOCK_LEN);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/rc4.c b/src/crypto/rc4.c
index 8480cc55c..70c790e36 100644
--- a/src/crypto/rc4.c
+++ b/src/crypto/rc4.c
@@ -68,19 +68,3 @@ void rc4_skip(const u8 *key, size_t keylen, size_t skip,
 		*pos++ ^= S[(S[i] + S[j]) & 0xff];
 	}
 }
-
-
-/**
- * rc4 - XOR RC4 stream to given data
- * @buf: data to be XOR'ed with RC4 stream
- * @len: buf length
- * @key: RC4 key
- * @key_len: RC4 key length
- *
- * Generate RC4 pseudo random stream for the given key and XOR this with the
- * data buffer to perform RC4 encryption/decryption.
- */
-void rc4(u8 *buf, size_t len, const u8 *key, size_t key_len)
-{
-	rc4_skip(key, key_len, 0, buf, len);
-}
diff --git a/src/crypto/rc4.h b/src/crypto/rc4.h
index 01f13833d..35c7e41fb 100644
--- a/src/crypto/rc4.h
+++ b/src/crypto/rc4.h
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
 
 void rc4_skip(const u8 *key, size_t keylen, size_t skip,
 	      u8 *data, size_t data_len);
-void rc4(u8 *buf, size_t len, const u8 *key, size_t key_len);
 
 #endif /* RC4_H */
diff --git a/src/eapol_supp/eapol_supp_sm.c b/src/eapol_supp/eapol_supp_sm.c
index e4c070061..58e62211a 100644
--- a/src/eapol_supp/eapol_supp_sm.c
+++ b/src/eapol_supp/eapol_supp_sm.c
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ static void eapol_sm_processKey(struct eapol_sm *sm)
 		os_memcpy(ekey + IEEE8021X_KEY_IV_LEN, keydata.encr_key,
 			  encr_key_len);
 		os_memcpy(datakey, key + 1, key_len);
-		rc4(datakey, key_len, ekey,
-		    IEEE8021X_KEY_IV_LEN + encr_key_len);
+		rc4_skip(ekey, IEEE8021X_KEY_IV_LEN + encr_key_len, 0,
+			 datakey, key_len);
 		wpa_hexdump_key(MSG_DEBUG, "EAPOL: Decrypted(RC4) key",
 				datakey, key_len);
 	} else if (key_len == 0) {