diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 462157044c..939f802110 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -491,13 +491,6 @@ static void virtqueue_map_iovec(struct iovec *sg, hwaddr *addr,
     }
 }
 
-/* Deprecated: don't use in new code */
-void virtqueue_map_sg(struct iovec *sg, hwaddr *addr,
-                      size_t num_sg, int is_write)
-{
-    virtqueue_map_iovec(sg, addr, &num_sg, num_sg, is_write);
-}
-
 void virtqueue_map(VirtQueueElement *elem)
 {
     virtqueue_map_iovec(elem->in_sg, elem->in_addr, &elem->in_num,
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 9d9abb4689..205fadf234 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ void virtqueue_discard(VirtQueue *vq, const VirtQueueElement *elem,
 void virtqueue_fill(VirtQueue *vq, const VirtQueueElement *elem,
                     unsigned int len, unsigned int idx);
 
-void virtqueue_map_sg(struct iovec *sg, hwaddr *addr,
-    size_t num_sg, int is_write);
 void virtqueue_map(VirtQueueElement *elem);
 int virtqueue_pop(VirtQueue *vq, VirtQueueElement *elem);
 int virtqueue_avail_bytes(VirtQueue *vq, unsigned int in_bytes,