diff --git a/include/crm/services_compat.h b/include/crm/services_compat.h
index 07f87bf821..251baf42d2 100644
--- a/include/crm/services_compat.h
+++ b/include/crm/services_compat.h
@@ -1,70 +1,63 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2010-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_SERVICES_COMPAT__H
 #  define PCMK__CRM_SERVICES_COMPAT__H
 
 #include <crm/common/actions.h>
 #include <crm/common/results.h>
 #include <crm/services.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /*!
  * \file
  * \brief Deprecated services API
  * \ingroup core
  * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The service APIs in this
  *             header, and the header itself, will be removed in a future
  *             release.
  */
 
 #  ifndef LSB_ROOT_DIR
      //! \deprecated Do not use
 #    define LSB_ROOT_DIR "/etc/init.d"
 #  endif
 
 //! \deprecated Use enum pcmk_exec_status instead
 enum op_status {
     PCMK_LRM_OP_UNKNOWN = PCMK_EXEC_UNKNOWN,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_PENDING = PCMK_EXEC_PENDING,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_DONE = PCMK_EXEC_DONE,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_CANCELLED = PCMK_EXEC_CANCELLED,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_TIMEOUT = PCMK_EXEC_TIMEOUT,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_NOTSUPPORTED = PCMK_EXEC_NOT_SUPPORTED,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_ERROR = PCMK_EXEC_ERROR,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_ERROR_HARD = PCMK_EXEC_ERROR_HARD,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_ERROR_FATAL = PCMK_EXEC_ERROR_FATAL,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_NOT_INSTALLED = PCMK_EXEC_NOT_INSTALLED,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_NOT_CONNECTED = PCMK_EXEC_NOT_CONNECTED,
     PCMK_LRM_OP_INVALID = PCMK_EXEC_INVALID,
 };
 
 //! \deprecated Use resources_action_create() instead
 svc_action_t *services_action_create(const char *name, const char *action,
                                      guint interval_ms, int timeout);
 
 //! \deprecated Use resources_list_agents() instead
 GList *services_list(void);
 
-//! \deprecated Use pcmk_exec_status_str() instead
-static inline const char *
-services_lrm_status_str(enum op_status status)
-{
-    return pcmk_exec_status_str((enum pcmk_exec_status) status);
-}
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif