diff --git a/cutils.c b/cutils.c
index 6f9f799bd3..4f0692f78e 100644
--- a/cutils.c
+++ b/cutils.c
@@ -280,11 +280,6 @@ int qemu_parse_fd(const char *param)
     return fd;
 }
 
-int qemu_parse_fdset(const char *param)
-{
-    return qemu_parse_fd(param);
-}
-
 /* round down to the nearest power of 2*/
 int64_t pow2floor(int64_t value)
 {
diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index 3b25297a25..0061f7473f 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ fail:
     errno = serrno;
     return -1;
 }
+
+static int qemu_parse_fdset(const char *param)
+{
+    return qemu_parse_fd(param);
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -404,3 +409,28 @@ bool fips_get_state(void)
 {
     return fips_enabled;
 }
+
+
+static int default_fdset_get_fd(int64_t fdset_id, int flags)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+QEMU_WEAK_ALIAS(monitor_fdset_get_fd, default_fdset_get_fd);
+
+static int default_fdset_dup_fd_add(int64_t fdset_id, int dup_fd)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+QEMU_WEAK_ALIAS(monitor_fdset_dup_fd_add, default_fdset_dup_fd_add);
+
+static int default_fdset_dup_fd_remove(int dup_fd)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+QEMU_WEAK_ALIAS(monitor_fdset_dup_fd_remove, default_fdset_dup_fd_remove);
+
+static int default_fdset_dup_fd_find(int dup_fd)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+QEMU_WEAK_ALIAS(monitor_fdset_dup_fd_find, default_fdset_dup_fd_find);
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index b54612b1a5..36ce522066 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ int qemu_fls(int i);
 int qemu_fdatasync(int fd);
 int fcntl_setfl(int fd, int flag);
 int qemu_parse_fd(const char *param);
-int qemu_parse_fdset(const char *param);
 
 /*
  * strtosz() suffixes used to specify the default treatment of an
diff --git a/qemu-tool.c b/qemu-tool.c
index f2f98138ce..84273ae077 100644
--- a/qemu-tool.c
+++ b/qemu-tool.c
@@ -68,26 +68,6 @@ void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data)
 {
 }
 
-int monitor_fdset_get_fd(int64_t fdset_id, int flags)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int monitor_fdset_dup_fd_add(int64_t fdset_id, int dup_fd)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int monitor_fdset_dup_fd_remove(int dup_fd)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int monitor_fdset_dup_fd_find(int dup_fd)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
 int64_t cpu_get_clock(void)
 {
     return qemu_get_clock_ns(rt_clock);
diff --git a/qemu-user.c b/qemu-user.c
index 13fb9ae77b..08ccb0fe8e 100644
--- a/qemu-user.c
+++ b/qemu-user.c
@@ -35,23 +35,3 @@ void monitor_vprintf(Monitor *mon, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 void monitor_set_error(Monitor *mon, QError *qerror)
 {
 }
-
-int monitor_fdset_get_fd(int64_t fdset_id, int flags)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int monitor_fdset_dup_fd_add(int64_t fdset_id, int dup_fd)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int monitor_fdset_dup_fd_remove(int dup_fd)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int monitor_fdset_dup_fd_find(int dup_fd)
-{
-    return -1;
-}