diff --git a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c
index 9d959d1ad8..505639c298 100644
--- a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c
+++ b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c
@@ -100,8 +100,11 @@ petalogix_s3adsp1800_init(MachineState *machine)
         irq[i] = qdev_get_gpio_in(dev, i);
     }
 
-    xilinx_uartlite_create(UARTLITE_BASEADDR, irq[UARTLITE_IRQ],
-                           serial_hd(0));
+    dev = qdev_new(TYPE_XILINX_UARTLITE);
+    qdev_prop_set_chr(dev, "chardev", serial_hd(0));
+    sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
+    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, UARTLITE_BASEADDR);
+    sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, irq[UARTLITE_IRQ]);
 
     /* 2 timers at irq 2 @ 62 Mhz.  */
     dev = qdev_new("xlnx.xps-timer");
diff --git a/include/hw/char/xilinx_uartlite.h b/include/hw/char/xilinx_uartlite.h
index 753d3a453e..36d4e8444d 100644
--- a/include/hw/char/xilinx_uartlite.h
+++ b/include/hw/char/xilinx_uartlite.h
@@ -15,29 +15,9 @@
 #ifndef XILINX_UARTLITE_H
 #define XILINX_UARTLITE_H
 
-#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
-#include "hw/sysbus.h"
-#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 #define TYPE_XILINX_UARTLITE "xlnx.xps-uartlite"
 OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(XilinxUARTLite, XILINX_UARTLITE)
 
-static inline DeviceState *xilinx_uartlite_create(hwaddr addr,
-                                        qemu_irq irq,
-                                        Chardev *chr)
-{
-    DeviceState *dev;
-    SysBusDevice *s;
-
-    dev = qdev_new(TYPE_XILINX_UARTLITE);
-    s = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
-    qdev_prop_set_chr(dev, "chardev", chr);
-    sysbus_realize_and_unref(s, &error_fatal);
-    sysbus_mmio_map(s, 0, addr);
-    sysbus_connect_irq(s, 0, irq);
-
-    return dev;
-}
-
 #endif