diff --git a/include/semihosting/console.h b/include/semihosting/console.h
index 61b0cb3a94..bd78e5f03f 100644
--- a/include/semihosting/console.h
+++ b/include/semihosting/console.h
@@ -40,19 +40,6 @@ int qemu_semihosting_console_read(CPUState *cs, void *buf, int len);
  */
 int qemu_semihosting_console_write(void *buf, int len);
 
-/**
- * qemu_semihosting_log_out:
- * @s: pointer to string
- * @len: length of string
- *
- * Send a string to the debug output. Unlike console_out these strings
- * can't be sent to a remote gdb instance as they don't exist in guest
- * memory.
- *
- * Returns: number of bytes written
- */
-int qemu_semihosting_log_out(const char *s, int len);
-
 /*
  * qemu_semihosting_console_block_until_ready:
  * @cs: CPUState
diff --git a/semihosting/console.c b/semihosting/console.c
index cda7cf1905..5b1ec0a1c3 100644
--- a/semihosting/console.c
+++ b/semihosting/console.c
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ typedef struct SemihostingConsole {
 
 static SemihostingConsole console;
 
-int qemu_semihosting_log_out(const char *s, int len)
-{
-    if (console.chr) {
-        return qemu_chr_write_all(console.chr, (uint8_t *) s, len);
-    } else {
-        return write(STDERR_FILENO, s, len);
-    }
-}
-
 #define FIFO_SIZE   1024
 
 static int console_can_read(void *opaque)