diff --git a/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h b/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
index 5076695cc8..2825e231a7 100644
--- a/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
+++ b/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 size_t qemu_fd_getpagesize(int fd);
 
-size_t qemu_mempath_getpagesize(const char *mem_path);
-
 /**
  * qemu_ram_mmap: mmap anonymous memory, the specified file or device.
  *
diff --git a/util/mmap-alloc.c b/util/mmap-alloc.c
index 5b90cb68ea..5ed7d29183 100644
--- a/util/mmap-alloc.c
+++ b/util/mmap-alloc.c
@@ -53,37 +53,6 @@ size_t qemu_fd_getpagesize(int fd)
     return qemu_real_host_page_size();
 }
 
-size_t qemu_mempath_getpagesize(const char *mem_path)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
-    struct statfs fs;
-    int ret;
-
-    if (mem_path) {
-        do {
-            ret = statfs(mem_path, &fs);
-        } while (ret != 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't statfs() memory path: %s\n",
-                    strerror(errno));
-            exit(1);
-        }
-
-        if (fs.f_type == HUGETLBFS_MAGIC) {
-            /* It's hugepage, return the huge page size */
-            return fs.f_bsize;
-        }
-    }
-#ifdef __sparc__
-    /* SPARC Linux needs greater alignment than the pagesize */
-    return QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN;
-#endif
-#endif
-
-    return qemu_real_host_page_size();
-}
-
 #define OVERCOMMIT_MEMORY_PATH "/proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory"
 static bool map_noreserve_effective(int fd, uint32_t qemu_map_flags)
 {