diff --git a/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c b/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
index cd87e21a9b..e08716142b 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
@@ -314,12 +314,6 @@ PCIBus *i440fx_init(const char *host_type, const char *pci_type,
     return b;
 }
 
-PCIBus *find_i440fx(void)
-{
-    PCIHostState *s = PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(object_resolve_path("/machine/i440fx", NULL));
-    return s ? s->bus : NULL;
-}
-
 static void i440fx_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
diff --git a/include/hw/pci-host/i440fx.h b/include/hw/pci-host/i440fx.h
index 7fcfd9485c..f068aaba8f 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci-host/i440fx.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci-host/i440fx.h
@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@ PCIBus *i440fx_init(const char *host_type, const char *pci_type,
                     MemoryRegion *pci_memory,
                     MemoryRegion *ram_memory);
 
-PCIBus *find_i440fx(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index 275ac89c16..beee31ec73 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ stub_ss.add(files('module-opts.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('monitor.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('monitor-core.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('pci-bus.c'))
-stub_ss.add(files('pci-host-piix.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('qemu-timer-notify-cb.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('qmp_memory_device.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('qmp-command-available.c'))
diff --git a/stubs/pci-host-piix.c b/stubs/pci-host-piix.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 93975adbfe..0000000000
--- a/stubs/pci-host-piix.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "hw/pci-host/i440fx.h"
-
-PCIBus *find_i440fx(void)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}