diff --git a/include/sysemu/numa.h b/include/sysemu/numa.h
index 027830cf7e..8cb3ebc233 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/numa.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/numa.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ struct node_info {
 
 extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 void parse_numa_opts(MachineState *ms);
-void numa_post_machine_init(void);
 void query_numa_node_mem(uint64_t node_mem[]);
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
 void numa_set_mem_node_id(ram_addr_t addr, uint64_t size, uint32_t node);
@@ -37,9 +36,4 @@ void numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
                                  int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size);
 void numa_default_auto_assign_ram(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
                                   int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size);
-
-
-/* on success returns node index in numa_info,
- * on failure returns nb_numa_nodes */
-int numa_get_node_for_cpu(int idx);
 #endif
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index f16a6a8ade..dc739eadfa 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -572,21 +572,6 @@ void parse_numa_opts(MachineState *ms)
     }
 }
 
-void numa_post_machine_init(void)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu;
-    int i;
-
-    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
-            assert(cpu->cpu_index < max_cpus);
-            if (test_bit(cpu->cpu_index, numa_info[i].node_cpu)) {
-                cpu->numa_node = i;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 static void allocate_system_memory_nonnuma(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
                                            const char *name,
                                            uint64_t ram_size)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c4705b3335..5cd0c17ba0 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4592,8 +4592,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_init();
 
-    numa_post_machine_init();
-
     rom_reset_order_override();
 
     /*