diff --git a/include/sysemu/runstate.h b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
index 85f5d9a419..7beb29c2e2 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/runstate.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ void runstate_set(RunState new_state);
 RunState runstate_get(void);
 bool runstate_is_running(void);
 bool runstate_needs_reset(void);
-bool runstate_store(char *str, size_t size);
 
 typedef void VMChangeStateHandler(void *opaque, bool running, RunState state);
 
diff --git a/softmmu/runstate.c b/softmmu/runstate.c
index 1e6f0bcecc..0370230a5e 100644
--- a/softmmu/runstate.c
+++ b/softmmu/runstate.c
@@ -175,18 +175,6 @@ bool runstate_check(RunState state)
     return current_run_state == state;
 }
 
-bool runstate_store(char *str, size_t size)
-{
-    const char *state = RunState_str(current_run_state);
-    size_t len = strlen(state) + 1;
-
-    if (len > size) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    memcpy(str, state, len);
-    return true;
-}
-
 static void runstate_init(void)
 {
     const RunStateTransition *p;