diff --git a/hw/remote/iohub.c b/hw/remote/iohub.c
index 40dfee4bad..988d3285cc 100644
--- a/hw/remote/iohub.c
+++ b/hw/remote/iohub.c
@@ -33,19 +33,6 @@ void remote_iohub_init(RemoteIOHubState *iohub)
     }
 }
 
-void remote_iohub_finalize(RemoteIOHubState *iohub)
-{
-    int pirq;
-
-    for (pirq = 0; pirq < REMOTE_IOHUB_NB_PIRQS; pirq++) {
-        qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&iohub->resamplefds[pirq]),
-                            NULL, NULL, NULL);
-        event_notifier_cleanup(&iohub->irqfds[pirq]);
-        event_notifier_cleanup(&iohub->resamplefds[pirq]);
-        qemu_mutex_destroy(&iohub->irq_level_lock[pirq]);
-    }
-}
-
 int remote_iohub_map_irq(PCIDevice *pci_dev, int intx)
 {
     return pci_dev->devfn;
diff --git a/include/hw/remote/iohub.h b/include/hw/remote/iohub.h
index 6a8444f9a9..09ee6c77b6 100644
--- a/include/hw/remote/iohub.h
+++ b/include/hw/remote/iohub.h
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@ void remote_iohub_set_irq(void *opaque, int pirq, int level);
 void process_set_irqfd_msg(PCIDevice *pci_dev, MPQemuMsg *msg);
 
 void remote_iohub_init(RemoteIOHubState *iohub);
-void remote_iohub_finalize(RemoteIOHubState *iohub);
 
 #endif