diff --git a/stubs/fd-register.c b/stubs/fd-register.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 63a4abdb20..0000000000
--- a/stubs/fd-register.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
-
-void qemu_fd_register(int fd)
-{
-}
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index e2dfedc2a7..e0b322bc28 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ stub_ss.add(files('cpu-get-clock.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('cpu-get-icount.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('dump.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('error-printf.c'))
-stub_ss.add(files('fd-register.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('fdset.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('fw_cfg.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('gdbstub.c'))
diff --git a/util/main-loop.c b/util/main-loop.c
index f69f055013..217c8d6056 100644
--- a/util/main-loop.c
+++ b/util/main-loop.c
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ static int max_priority;
 static int glib_pollfds_idx;
 static int glib_n_poll_fds;
 
+void qemu_fd_register(int fd)
+{
+}
+
 static void glib_pollfds_fill(int64_t *cur_timeout)
 {
     GMainContext *context = g_main_context_default();