diff --git a/accel.c b/accel.c
index 2cf47337af..0f3fceeb7c 100644
--- a/accel.c
+++ b/accel.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ static void tcg_accel_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_CLASS(oc);
     ac->name = "tcg";
-    ac->available = tcg_available;
     ac->init = tcg_init;
     ac->allowed = &tcg_allowed;
 }
diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index c974f3fea9..9b3e25d805 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -1337,11 +1337,6 @@ void cpudef_init(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-int tcg_available(void)
-{
-    return 1;
-}
-
 int kvm_available(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
diff --git a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
index 769ec069b7..54b36c16c4 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ void do_smbios_option(QemuOpts *opts);
 void ram_mig_init(void);
 void cpudef_init(void);
 void audio_init(void);
-int tcg_available(void);
 int kvm_available(void);
 int xen_available(void);