diff --git a/sys/include/vfs.h b/sys/include/vfs.h
index 9ecec3057a..5600094451 100644
--- a/sys/include/vfs.h
+++ b/sys/include/vfs.h
@@ -660,23 +660,6 @@ struct vfs_file_system_ops {
      * @return <0 on error
      */
     int (*statvfs) (vfs_mount_t *mountp, const char *restrict path, struct statvfs *restrict buf);
-
-    /**
-     * @brief Get file system status of an open file
-     *
-     * @p path is only passed for consistency against the POSIX statvfs function.
-     * @c vfs_statvfs calls this function only when it has determined that
-     * @p path belongs to this file system. @p path is a file system relative
-     * path and does not necessarily name an existing file.
-     *
-     * @param[in]  mountp  file system mount to operate on
-     * @param[in]  filp    pointer to an open file on the file system being queried
-     * @param[out] buf     pointer to statvfs struct to fill
-     *
-     * @return 0 on success
-     * @return <0 on error
-     */
-    int (*fstatvfs) (vfs_mount_t *mountp, vfs_file_t *filp, struct statvfs *buf);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/sys/vfs/vfs.c b/sys/vfs/vfs.c
index bb81cf71bc..c8fed3c4ab 100644
--- a/sys/vfs/vfs.c
+++ b/sys/vfs/vfs.c
@@ -216,15 +216,11 @@ int vfs_fstatvfs(int fd, struct statvfs *buf)
     }
     vfs_file_t *filp = &_vfs_open_files[fd];
     memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
-    if (filp->mp->fs->fs_op->fstatvfs == NULL) {
-        /* file system driver does not implement fstatvfs() */
-        if (filp->mp->fs->fs_op->statvfs != NULL) {
-            /* Fall back to statvfs */
-            return filp->mp->fs->fs_op->statvfs(filp->mp, "/", buf);
-        }
+    if (filp->mp->fs->fs_op->statvfs == NULL) {
+        /* file system driver does not implement statvfs() */
         return -EINVAL;
     }
-    return filp->mp->fs->fs_op->fstatvfs(filp->mp, filp, buf);
+    return filp->mp->fs->fs_op->statvfs(filp->mp, "/", buf);
 }
 
 off_t vfs_lseek(int fd, off_t off, int whence)