diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index f1cb69fbce..5ff954abd7 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ struct KVMState
 #ifdef KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
     struct kvm_sw_breakpoint_head kvm_sw_breakpoints;
 #endif
-    int pit_in_kernel;
     int pit_state2;
     int xsave, xcrs;
     int many_ioeventfds;
@@ -198,11 +197,6 @@ static void kvm_reset_vcpu(void *opaque)
     kvm_arch_reset_vcpu(env);
 }
 
-int kvm_pit_in_kernel(void)
-{
-    return kvm_state->pit_in_kernel;
-}
-
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUArchState *env)
 {
     KVMState *s = kvm_state;
diff --git a/kvm-stub.c b/kvm-stub.c
index 0d426db44e..47c573d6f3 100644
--- a/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/kvm-stub.c
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #include "gdbstub.h"
 #include "kvm.h"
 
-int kvm_pit_in_kernel(void)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUArchState *env)
 {
     return -ENOSYS;
diff --git a/kvm.h b/kvm.h
index 9bdbdb020e..4ccae8c0c8 100644
--- a/kvm.h
+++ b/kvm.h
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ int kvm_update_guest_debug(CPUArchState *env, unsigned long reinject_trap);
 int kvm_set_signal_mask(CPUArchState *env, const sigset_t *sigset);
 #endif
 
-int kvm_pit_in_kernel(void);
-
 int kvm_on_sigbus_vcpu(CPUArchState *env, int code, void *addr);
 int kvm_on_sigbus(int code, void *addr);