diff --git a/tcg/tci.c b/tcg/tci.c
index e8023b5384..740244cc54 100644
--- a/tcg/tci.c
+++ b/tcg/tci.c
@@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ tci_write_reg(tcg_target_ulong *regs, TCGReg index, tcg_target_ulong value)
     regs[index] = value;
 }
 
-static void tci_write_reg8(tcg_target_ulong *regs, TCGReg index, uint8_t value)
-{
-    tci_write_reg(regs, index, value);
-}
-
 #if TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS == 64
 static void
 tci_write_reg16(tcg_target_ulong *regs, TCGReg index, uint16_t value)
@@ -598,7 +593,7 @@ uintptr_t QEMU_DISABLE_CFI tcg_qemu_tb_exec(CPUArchState *env,
             t0 = *tb_ptr++;
             t1 = tci_read_r(regs, &tb_ptr);
             t2 = tci_read_s32(&tb_ptr);
-            tci_write_reg8(regs, t0, *(uint8_t *)(t1 + t2));
+            tci_write_reg(regs, t0, *(uint8_t *)(t1 + t2));
             break;
         case INDEX_op_ld8s_i32:
             TODO();
@@ -872,7 +867,7 @@ uintptr_t QEMU_DISABLE_CFI tcg_qemu_tb_exec(CPUArchState *env,
             t0 = *tb_ptr++;
             t1 = tci_read_r(regs, &tb_ptr);
             t2 = tci_read_s32(&tb_ptr);
-            tci_write_reg8(regs, t0, *(uint8_t *)(t1 + t2));
+            tci_write_reg(regs, t0, *(uint8_t *)(t1 + t2));
             break;
         case INDEX_op_ld8s_i64:
             t0 = *tb_ptr++;