diff --git a/include/qemu/bswap.h b/include/qemu/bswap.h
index d2dafdc54c..fd5a98125a 100644
--- a/include/qemu/bswap.h
+++ b/include/qemu/bswap.h
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 # include <sys/endian.h>
 #elif defined(__HAIKU__)
 # include <endian.h>
-#elif defined(CONFIG_BYTESWAP_H)
-# include <byteswap.h>
-#define BSWAP_FROM_BYTESWAP
 # else
 #define BSWAP_FROM_FALLBACKS
 #endif /* ! CONFIG_MACHINE_BSWAP_H */
@@ -19,23 +16,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#ifdef BSWAP_FROM_BYTESWAP
-static inline uint16_t bswap16(uint16_t x)
-{
-    return bswap_16(x);
-}
-
-static inline uint32_t bswap32(uint32_t x)
-{
-    return bswap_32(x);
-}
-
-static inline uint64_t bswap64(uint64_t x)
-{
-    return bswap_64(x);
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifdef BSWAP_FROM_FALLBACKS
 #undef  bswap16
 #define bswap16(_x) __builtin_bswap16(_x)
@@ -45,7 +25,6 @@ static inline uint64_t bswap64(uint64_t x)
 #define bswap64(_x) __builtin_bswap64(_x)
 #endif
 
-#undef BSWAP_FROM_BYTESWAP
 #undef BSWAP_FROM_FALLBACKS
 
 static inline void bswap16s(uint16_t *s)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6d3b665629..7e15a010bf 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2013,8 +2013,6 @@ if rdma.found()
 endif
 
 # has_header_symbol
-config_host_data.set('CONFIG_BYTESWAP_H',
-                     cc.has_header_symbol('byteswap.h', 'bswap_32'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1',
                      cc.has_header_symbol('sys/epoll.h', 'epoll_create1'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FALLOCATE_PUNCH_HOLE',