diff --git a/hw/char/omap_uart.c b/hw/char/omap_uart.c
index 1c890b9201..6848bddb4e 100644
--- a/hw/char/omap_uart.c
+++ b/hw/char/omap_uart.c
@@ -175,12 +175,3 @@ struct omap_uart_s *omap2_uart_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem,
 
     return s;
 }
-
-void omap_uart_attach(struct omap_uart_s *s, Chardev *chr)
-{
-    /* TODO: Should reuse or destroy current s->serial */
-    s->serial = serial_mm_init(get_system_memory(), s->base, 2, s->irq,
-                               omap_clk_getrate(s->fclk) / 16,
-                               chr ?: qemu_chr_new("null", "null", NULL),
-                               DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN);
-}
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/omap.h b/include/hw/arm/omap.h
index c275d9b681..067e9419f7 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/omap.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/omap.h
@@ -724,7 +724,6 @@ struct omap_uart_s *omap2_uart_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem,
                 qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma,
                 const char *label, Chardev *chr);
 void omap_uart_reset(struct omap_uart_s *s);
-void omap_uart_attach(struct omap_uart_s *s, Chardev *chr);
 
 struct omap_mpuio_s;
 qemu_irq *omap_mpuio_in_get(struct omap_mpuio_s *s);