diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index a05b98e85ba..a5d83c2951d 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ end:
 
 }
 
+#ifndef EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
 
 /*
     Check if user exist and password supplied is correct. 
@@ -351,6 +352,9 @@ static int check_user(THD *thd, enum enum_server_command command,
   DBUG_RETURN(-1);
 }
 
+#endif // EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
+
+
 /*
   Check for maximum allowable user connections, if the mysqld server is
   started with corresponding variable that is greater then 0.