diff --git a/hw/i2c.c b/hw/i2c.c
index e561e7f973..6cd4701a96 100644
--- a/hw/i2c.c
+++ b/hw/i2c.c
@@ -165,17 +165,6 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_i2c_slave = {
     }
 };
 
-void i2c_slave_save(QEMUFile *f, i2c_slave *dev)
-{
-    vmstate_save_state(f, &vmstate_i2c_slave, dev);
-}
-
-void i2c_slave_load(QEMUFile *f, i2c_slave *dev)
-{
-    vmstate_load_state(f, &vmstate_i2c_slave, dev,
-                       vmstate_i2c_slave.version_id);
-}
-
 static int i2c_slave_qdev_init(DeviceState *dev, DeviceInfo *base)
 {
     I2CSlaveInfo *info = container_of(base, I2CSlaveInfo, qdev);
diff --git a/hw/i2c.h b/hw/i2c.h
index 65887a2d7b..83fd91714a 100644
--- a/hw/i2c.h
+++ b/hw/i2c.h
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ void i2c_end_transfer(i2c_bus *bus);
 void i2c_nack(i2c_bus *bus);
 int i2c_send(i2c_bus *bus, uint8_t data);
 int i2c_recv(i2c_bus *bus);
-void i2c_slave_save(QEMUFile *f, i2c_slave *dev);
-void i2c_slave_load(QEMUFile *f, i2c_slave *dev);
 
 #define I2C_SLAVE_FROM_QDEV(dev) DO_UPCAST(i2c_slave, qdev, dev)
 #define FROM_I2C_SLAVE(type, dev) DO_UPCAST(type, i2c, dev)