diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index 7be9579dd8..140d6d9d36 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static struct ChardevAlias {
 };
 
 typedef struct ChadevClassFE {
-    void (*fn)(const char *name, bool is_cli_alias, void *opaque);
+    void (*fn)(const char *name, void *opaque);
     void *opaque;
 } ChadevClassFE;
 
@@ -562,33 +562,23 @@ chardev_class_foreach(ObjectClass *klass, void *opaque)
         return;
     }
 
-    fe->fn(object_class_get_name(klass) + 8, false, fe->opaque);
+    fe->fn(object_class_get_name(klass) + 8, fe->opaque);
 }
 
 static void
-chardev_name_foreach(void (*fn)(const char *name, bool is_cli_alias,
-                                void *opaque),
+chardev_name_foreach(void (*fn)(const char *name, void *opaque),
                      void *opaque)
 {
     ChadevClassFE fe = { .fn = fn, .opaque = opaque };
-    int i;
 
     object_class_foreach(chardev_class_foreach, TYPE_CHARDEV, false, &fe);
-
-    for (i = 0; i < (int)ARRAY_SIZE(chardev_alias_table); i++) {
-        fn(chardev_alias_table[i].alias, true, opaque);
-    }
 }
 
 static void
-help_string_append(const char *name, bool is_cli_alias, void *opaque)
+help_string_append(const char *name, void *opaque)
 {
     GString *str = opaque;
 
-    if (is_cli_alias) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     g_string_append_printf(str, "\n  %s", name);
 }
 
@@ -810,15 +800,11 @@ ChardevInfoList *qmp_query_chardev(Error **errp)
 }
 
 static void
-qmp_prepend_backend(const char *name, bool is_cli_alias, void *opaque)
+qmp_prepend_backend(const char *name, void *opaque)
 {
     ChardevBackendInfoList **list = opaque;
     ChardevBackendInfo *value;
 
-    if (is_cli_alias) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     value = g_new0(ChardevBackendInfo, 1);
     value->name = g_strdup(name);
     QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(*list, value);