diff --git a/include/drivers/console/telnet_console.h b/include/drivers/console/telnet_console.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d4003baf974..00000000000
--- a/include/drivers/console/telnet_console.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-#ifndef ZEPHYR_INCLUDE_DRIVERS_CONSOLE_TELNET_CONSOLE_H_
-#define ZEPHYR_INCLUDE_DRIVERS_CONSOLE_TELNET_CONSOLE_H_
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include <kernel.h>
-
-/** @brief Register telnet input processing
- *
- *  Input processing is started when string is received in telnet server.
- *  Carriage return is translated to NULL making string always NULL
- *  terminated. Application before calling register function need to
- *  initialize two fifo queues mentioned below.
- *
- *  @param avail k_fifo queue keeping available input slots
- *  @param lines k_fifo queue of entered lines which to be processed
- *         in the application code.
- *  @param completion callback for tab completion of entered commands
- *
- *  @return N/A
- */
-void telnet_register_input(struct k_fifo *avail, struct k_fifo *lines,
-			   u8_t (*completion)(char *str, u8_t len));
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* ZEPHYR_INCLUDE_DRIVERS_CONSOLE_TELNET_CONSOLE_H_ */
diff --git a/subsys/console/line_fifo.c b/subsys/console/line_fifo.c
index c53499e8464..f75b2895fca 100644
--- a/subsys/console/line_fifo.c
+++ b/subsys/console/line_fifo.c
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE
 #include <drivers/console/uart_console.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_TELNET_CONSOLE
-#include <drivers/console/telnet_console.h>
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NATIVE_POSIX_CONSOLE
 #include <drivers/console/native_posix_console.h>
 #endif
@@ -30,9 +27,6 @@ void console_register_line_input(struct k_fifo *avail_queue,
 #ifdef CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE
 	uart_register_input(avail_queue, out_queue, completion);
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_TELNET_CONSOLE
-	telnet_register_input(avail_queue, out_queue, completion);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NATIVE_POSIX_STDIN_CONSOLE
 	native_stdin_register_input(avail_queue, out_queue, completion);
 #endif