diff --git a/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/pal/GenericAccessService.h b/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/pal/GenericAccessService.h
index 1305528149..c7bb0682f9 100644
--- a/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/pal/GenericAccessService.h
+++ b/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/pal/GenericAccessService.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "GapTypes.h"
 #include "ble/BLETypes.h"
 #include "ble/blecommon.h"
-#include "ble/GapAdvertisingData.h"
 #include "ble/Gap.h"
 
 namespace ble {
@@ -44,79 +43,6 @@ struct GenericAccessService {
      */
     virtual ~GenericAccessService() { }
 
-    /**
-     * Acquire the length of the device name.
-     * The length can range from 0 (no device name) to 248 octets
-     *
-     * @param length The length of the device name currently stored in the GAP
-     * service.
-     *
-     * @return BLE_ERROR_NONE in case of success or the appropriate error code
-     * otherwise.
-     *
-     * @see Bluetooth 4.2 Vol 3 PartC: 12.1 - Device Name Characteristic
-     */
-    virtual ble_error_t get_device_name_length(uint8_t& length) = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Get the current device name.
-     * The result is stored in the array pass in input if the operation
-     * succeed. Prior to this call the length of the device name can be acquired
-     * with a call to get_device_name_length.
-     *
-     * @param The array which will host the device name
-     *
-     * @return BLE_ERROR_NONE in case of success or the appropriate error code
-     * otherwise.
-     *
-     * @see Bluetooth 4.2 Vol 3 PartC: 12.1 - Device Name Characteristic
-     */
-    virtual ble_error_t get_device_name(Span<uint8_t>& array) = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Set the value of the device name characteristic exposed by the GAP GATT
-     * service.
-     *
-     * @param device_name The name of the device. If NULL the device name
-     * value has a length of 0.
-     *
-     * @return BLE_ERROR_NONE in case of success or the appropriate error code
-     * otherwise.
-     *
-     * @see Bluetooth 4.2 Vol 3 PartC: 12.1 - Device Name Characteristic
-     */
-    virtual ble_error_t set_device_name(const uint8_t* device_name) = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Acquire the appearance stored in the appearance characteristic of the GAP
-     * GATT service.
-     *
-     * @param appearance: If the call succeed will contain the value of the
-     * appearance characteristic.
-     *
-     * @return BLE_ERROR_NONE in case of success or the appropriate error code
-     * otherwise.
-     *
-     * @see Bluetooth 4.2 Vol 3 PartC: 12.2 - Appearance Characteristic
-     */
-    virtual ble_error_t get_appearance(
-        GapAdvertisingData::Appearance& appearance
-    ) = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Set the value of the appearance characteristic of the GAP GATT service.
-     *
-     * @param appearance: The appearance to set.
-     *
-     * @return BLE_ERROR_NONE in case of success or the appropriate error code
-     * otherwise.
-     *
-     * @see Bluetooth 4.2 Vol 3 PartC: 12.2 - Appearance Characteristic
-     */
-     virtual ble_error_t set_appearance(
-         GapAdvertisingData::Appearance appearance
-    ) = 0;
-
     /**
      * Acquire the peripheral prefered connection parameters stored in the GAP
      * GATT service.