diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index 61e8026d0e..de159c644c 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -6212,39 +6212,31 @@ int sve_exception_el(CPUARMState *env, int el)
     return 0;
 }
 
-uint32_t aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len(ARMCPU *cpu, uint32_t start_len)
-{
-    uint32_t end_len;
-
-    start_len = MIN(start_len, ARM_MAX_VQ - 1);
-    end_len = start_len;
-
-    if (!test_bit(start_len, cpu->sve_vq_map)) {
-        end_len = find_last_bit(cpu->sve_vq_map, start_len);
-        assert(end_len < start_len);
-    }
-    return end_len;
-}
-
 /*
  * Given that SVE is enabled, return the vector length for EL.
  */
 uint32_t sve_zcr_len_for_el(CPUARMState *env, int el)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = env_archcpu(env);
-    uint32_t zcr_len = cpu->sve_max_vq - 1;
+    uint32_t len = cpu->sve_max_vq - 1;
+    uint32_t end_len;
 
     if (el <= 1 && !el_is_in_host(env, el)) {
-        zcr_len = MIN(zcr_len, 0xf & (uint32_t)env->vfp.zcr_el[1]);
+        len = MIN(len, 0xf & (uint32_t)env->vfp.zcr_el[1]);
     }
     if (el <= 2 && arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_EL2)) {
-        zcr_len = MIN(zcr_len, 0xf & (uint32_t)env->vfp.zcr_el[2]);
+        len = MIN(len, 0xf & (uint32_t)env->vfp.zcr_el[2]);
     }
     if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_EL3)) {
-        zcr_len = MIN(zcr_len, 0xf & (uint32_t)env->vfp.zcr_el[3]);
+        len = MIN(len, 0xf & (uint32_t)env->vfp.zcr_el[3]);
     }
 
-    return aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len(cpu, zcr_len);
+    end_len = len;
+    if (!test_bit(len, cpu->sve_vq_map)) {
+        end_len = find_last_bit(cpu->sve_vq_map, len);
+        assert(end_len < len);
+    }
+    return end_len;
 }
 
 static void zcr_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
diff --git a/target/arm/internals.h b/target/arm/internals.h
index ceaddcbfd6..79eb463753 100644
--- a/target/arm/internals.h
+++ b/target/arm/internals.h
@@ -189,17 +189,6 @@ void arm_translate_init(void);
 void arm_cpu_synchronize_from_tb(CPUState *cs, const TranslationBlock *tb);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TCG */
 
-/**
- * aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len:
- * @cpu: cpu context
- * @start_len: maximum len to consider
- *
- * Return the maximum supported sve vector length <= @start_len.
- * Note that both @start_len and the return value are in units
- * of ZCR_ELx.LEN, so the vector bit length is (x + 1) * 128.
- */
-uint32_t aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len(ARMCPU *cpu, uint32_t start_len);
-
 enum arm_fprounding {
     FPROUNDING_TIEEVEN,
     FPROUNDING_POSINF,