diff --git a/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h b/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
index b3897bd5e05..af215e6acc0 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ struct llext {
 	unsigned int use_count;
 };
 
-/**
- * @brief List head of loaded extensions
- */
-sys_slist_t *llext_list(void);
-
 /**
  * @brief Find an llext by name
  *
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext.c b/subsys/llext/llext.c
index 3d711af957d..15d798fb8a9 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext.c
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext.c
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ static const char ELF_MAGIC[] = {0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F'};
 
 static sys_slist_t _llext_list = SYS_SLIST_STATIC_INIT(&_llext_list);
 
-sys_slist_t *llext_list(void)
-{
-	return &_llext_list;
-}
-
 ssize_t llext_find_section(struct llext_loader *ldr, const char *search_name)
 {
 	elf_shdr_t *shdr;
@@ -57,8 +52,7 @@ ssize_t llext_find_section(struct llext_loader *ldr, const char *search_name)
 
 struct llext *llext_by_name(const char *name)
 {
-	sys_slist_t *mlist = llext_list();
-	sys_snode_t *node = sys_slist_peek_head(mlist);
+	sys_snode_t *node = sys_slist_peek_head(&_llext_list);
 	struct llext *ext = CONTAINER_OF(node, struct llext, _llext_list);
 
 	while (node != NULL) {