diff --git a/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c b/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c
index b35f844638..4001613240 100644
--- a/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c
+++ b/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@ int64_t cpu_get_icount_raw(void)
 {
     abort();
 }
-
-void qemu_timer_notify_cb(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type)
-{
-    qemu_notify_event();
-}
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index 019bd79c7a..e2dfedc2a7 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ stub_ss.add(files('machine-init-done.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('migr-blocker.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('monitor.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('monitor-core.c'))
-stub_ss.add(files('notify-event.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('qtest.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('ram-block.c'))
diff --git a/stubs/notify-event.c b/stubs/notify-event.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 827bb52d1a..0000000000
--- a/stubs/notify-event.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
-
-void qemu_notify_event(void)
-{
-}
diff --git a/stubs/qemu-timer-notify-cb.c b/stubs/qemu-timer-notify-cb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..054b408b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/qemu-timer-notify-cb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+
+void qemu_timer_notify_cb(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type)
+{
+    qemu_notify_event();
+}