diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index db366d6796..9a405bed89 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -781,16 +781,6 @@ static inline int platform_does_not_support_system(const char *command)
 }
 #endif /* !HAVE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION */
 
-/**
- * If the load average was unobtainable, -1 is returned
- */
-#ifndef HAVE_GETLOADAVG_FUNCTION
-static inline int getloadavg(double loadavg[], int nelem)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-#endif /* !HAVE_GETLOADAVG_FUNCTION */
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 371edafae6..8dd6347d1b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2341,7 +2341,6 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_GLIB_WITH_SLICE_ALLOCATOR', glib_has_gslice)
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_OPENPTY', cc.has_function('openpty', dependencies: util))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_STRCHRNUL', cc.has_function('strchrnul'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION', cc.has_function('system', prefix: '#include <stdlib.h>'))
-config_host_data.set('HAVE_GETLOADAVG_FUNCTION', cc.has_function('getloadavg', prefix: '#include <stdlib.h>'))
 if rbd.found()
   config_host_data.set('HAVE_RBD_NAMESPACE_EXISTS',
                        cc.has_function('rbd_namespace_exists',