diff --git a/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h b/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h
index 3abff75ece..9b019ddd40 100644
--- a/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h
+++ b/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h
@@ -288,24 +288,6 @@ int nimble_netif_update(int handle,
  */
 int nimble_netif_used_chanmap(int handle, uint8_t map[5]);
 
-/**
- * @brief   Trigger a L2CAP ping procedure for the specified connection
- *
- * This is a convenience wrapper around the NimBLE ble_l2cap_ping() function.
- *
- * @param[in] handle        connection handle
- * @param[in] cb            callback triggered when the PING_RSP is received,
- *                          executed in the NimBLE host thread context
- * @param[in] data          payload included in the PING_REQ and PING_RSP
- *                          messages
- * @param[in] data_len      length of @p data in bytes
- *
- * @return  0 on success
- * @return  <0 on error
- */
-int nimble_netif_l2cap_ping(int handle, ble_l2cap_ping_fn cb,
-                            const void *data, uint16_t data_len);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c b/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
index 615935edc1..0a6d196814 100644
--- a/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
+++ b/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
@@ -740,13 +740,3 @@ int nimble_netif_used_chanmap(int handle, uint8_t map[5])
 
     return 0;
 }
-
-int nimble_netif_l2cap_ping(int handle, ble_l2cap_ping_fn cb,
-                            const void *data, uint16_t data_len)
-{
-    nimble_netif_conn_t *conn = nimble_netif_conn_get(handle);
-    if (conn == NULL) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return ble_l2cap_ping(conn->gaphandle, cb, data, data_len);
-}