diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 10c32eb327..0fe97de568 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -3821,15 +3821,6 @@ void bdrv_iterate_format(void (*it)(void *opaque, const char *name),
     g_free(formats);
 }
 
-/* This function is to find block backend bs */
-/* TODO convert callers to blk_by_name(), then remove */
-BlockDriverState *bdrv_find(const char *name)
-{
-    BlockBackend *blk = blk_by_name(name);
-
-    return blk ? blk_bs(blk) : NULL;
-}
-
 /* This function is to find a node in the bs graph */
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_node(const char *node_name)
 {
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 473c746342..4c57d63fe2 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ int bdrv_media_changed(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_lock_medium(BlockDriverState *bs, bool locked);
 void bdrv_eject(BlockDriverState *bs, bool eject_flag);
 const char *bdrv_get_format_name(BlockDriverState *bs);
-BlockDriverState *bdrv_find(const char *name);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_node(const char *node_name);
 BlockDeviceInfoList *bdrv_named_nodes_list(void);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_lookup_bs(const char *device,