diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index c614697ca6..1590352bb5 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -570,14 +570,6 @@ static void pc_cmos_init_late(PCMachineState *pcms)
     mc146818rtc_set_cmos_data(s, 0x39, val);
 
     pc_cmos_init_floppy(s, pc_find_fdc0());
-}
-
-void pc_cmos_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
-                  ISADevice *rtc)
-{
-    int val;
-    X86MachineState *x86ms = X86_MACHINE(pcms);
-    MC146818RtcState *s = MC146818_RTC(rtc);
 
     /* various important CMOS locations needed by PC/Bochs bios */
 
@@ -618,8 +610,6 @@ void pc_cmos_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
     val |= 0x02; /* FPU is there */
     val |= 0x04; /* PS/2 mouse installed */
     mc146818rtc_set_cmos_data(s, REG_EQUIPMENT_BYTE, val);
-
-    /* hard drives and FDC are handled by pc_cmos_init_late() */
 }
 
 static void handle_a20_line_change(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 9dd9f5562e..c9a6c0aa68 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine, const char *pci_type)
     }
 #endif
 
-    pc_cmos_init(pcms, x86ms->rtc);
-
     if (piix4_pm) {
         smi_irq = qemu_allocate_irq(pc_acpi_smi_interrupt, first_cpu, 0);
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index df63a92b78..1356c5d107 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -311,8 +311,6 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
         smbus_eeprom_init(pcms->smbus, 8, NULL, 0);
     }
 
-    pc_cmos_init(pcms, x86ms->rtc);
-
     /* the rest devices to which pci devfn is automatically assigned */
     pc_vga_init(isa_bus, pcms->pcibus);
     pc_nic_init(pcmc, isa_bus, pcms->pcibus);
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 8458487a5e..27a68071d7 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ void pc_basic_device_init(struct PCMachineState *pcms,
                           ISADevice *rtc_state,
                           bool create_fdctrl,
                           uint32_t hpet_irqs);
-void pc_cmos_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
-                  ISADevice *s);
 void pc_nic_init(PCMachineClass *pcmc, ISABus *isa_bus, PCIBus *pci_bus);
 
 void pc_i8259_create(ISABus *isa_bus, qemu_irq *i8259_irqs);