diff --git a/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak
index bd99af9942..f5634bf7a3 100644
--- a/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ CONFIG_APPLESMC=y
 CONFIG_I8259=y
 CONFIG_PFLASH_CFI01=y
 CONFIG_TPM_TIS=$(CONFIG_TPM)
-CONFIG_PCI_HOTPLUG_OLD=y
 CONFIG_MC146818RTC=y
 CONFIG_PAM=y
 CONFIG_PCI_PIIX=y
diff --git a/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak
index e7c273417b..41990f7af0 100644
--- a/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ CONFIG_APPLESMC=y
 CONFIG_I8259=y
 CONFIG_PFLASH_CFI01=y
 CONFIG_TPM_TIS=$(CONFIG_TPM)
-CONFIG_PCI_HOTPLUG_OLD=y
 CONFIG_MC146818RTC=y
 CONFIG_PAM=y
 CONFIG_PCI_PIIX=y
diff --git a/device-hotplug.c b/device-hotplug.c
index 833d8748d5..68b94967c5 100644
--- a/device-hotplug.c
+++ b/device-hotplug.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
-DriveInfo *add_init_drive(const char *optstr)
+static DriveInfo *add_init_drive(const char *optstr)
 {
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
     QemuOpts *opts;
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ void hmp_drive_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, "OK\n");
         break;
     default:
-        if (pci_drive_hot_add(mon, qdict, dinfo)) {
-            goto err;
-        }
+        monitor_printf(mon, "Can't hot-add drive to type %d\n", dinfo->type);
+        goto err;
     }
     return;
 
diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 81f276b209..d5022d843c 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1147,38 +1147,6 @@ STEXI
 @item drive_add
 @findex drive_add
 Add drive to PCI storage controller.
-ETEXI
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_PCI_HOTPLUG_OLD)
-    {
-        .name       = "pci_add",
-        .args_type  = "pci_addr:s,type:s,opts:s?",
-        .params     = "auto|[[<domain>:]<bus>:]<slot> nic|storage [[vlan=n][,macaddr=addr][,model=type]] [file=file][,if=type][,bus=nr]...",
-        .help       = "hot-add PCI device",
-        .mhandler.cmd = hmp_pci_add,
-    },
-#endif
-
-STEXI
-@item pci_add
-@findex pci_add
-Hot-add PCI device.
-ETEXI
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_PCI_HOTPLUG_OLD)
-    {
-        .name       = "pci_del",
-        .args_type  = "pci_addr:s",
-        .params     = "[[<domain>:]<bus>:]<slot>",
-        .help       = "hot remove PCI device",
-        .mhandler.cmd = hmp_pci_del,
-    },
-#endif
-
-STEXI
-@item pci_del
-@findex pci_del
-Hot remove PCI device.
 ETEXI
 
     {
diff --git a/hw/pci/Makefile.objs b/hw/pci/Makefile.objs
index 80f8aa69ac..9f905e6344 100644
--- a/hw/pci/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/pci/Makefile.objs
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_PCI) += pcie.o pcie_aer.o pcie_port.o
 
 common-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_PCI)) += pci-stub.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ALL) += pci-stub.o
-
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_HOTPLUG_OLD) += pci-hotplug-old.o
diff --git a/hw/pci/pci-hotplug-old.c b/hw/pci/pci-hotplug-old.c
deleted file mode 100644
index beea6d2b02..0000000000
--- a/hw/pci/pci-hotplug-old.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,342 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deprecated PCI hotplug interface support
- * This covers the old pci_add / pci_del command, whereas the more general
- * device_add / device_del commands are now preferred.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2004 Fabrice Bellard
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-#include "hw/hw.h"
-#include "hw/boards.h"
-#include "hw/pci/pci.h"
-#include "net/net.h"
-#include "hw/i386/pc.h"
-#include "monitor/monitor.h"
-#include "hw/scsi/scsi.h"
-#include "hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h"
-#include "qemu/config-file.h"
-#include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
-#include "qapi/error.h"
-
-static int pci_read_devaddr(Monitor *mon, const char *addr,
-                            int *busp, unsigned *slotp)
-{
-    int dom;
-
-    /* strip legacy tag */
-    if (!strncmp(addr, "pci_addr=", 9)) {
-        addr += 9;
-    }
-    if (pci_parse_devaddr(addr, &dom, busp, slotp, NULL)) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "Invalid pci address\n");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    if (dom != 0) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "Multiple PCI domains not supported, use device_add\n");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static PCIDevice *qemu_pci_hot_add_nic(Monitor *mon,
-                                       const char *devaddr,
-                                       const char *opts_str)
-{
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-    QemuOpts *opts;
-    PCIBus *root = pci_find_primary_bus();
-    PCIBus *bus;
-    int ret, devfn;
-
-    if (!root) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "no primary PCI bus (if there are multiple"
-                       " PCI roots, you must use device_add instead)");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    bus = pci_get_bus_devfn(&devfn, root, devaddr);
-    if (!bus) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "Invalid PCI device address %s\n", devaddr);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    if (!qbus_is_hotpluggable(BUS(bus))) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "PCI bus doesn't support hotplug\n");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("net"), opts_str ? opts_str : "", 0);
-    if (!opts) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    qemu_opt_set(opts, "type", "nic");
-
-    ret = net_client_init(opts, 0, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        qerror_report_err(local_err);
-        error_free(local_err);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    if (nd_table[ret].devaddr) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "Parameter addr not supported\n");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return pci_nic_init(&nd_table[ret], root, "rtl8139", devaddr);
-}
-
-static int scsi_hot_add(Monitor *mon, DeviceState *adapter,
-                        DriveInfo *dinfo, int printinfo)
-{
-    SCSIBus *scsibus;
-    SCSIDevice *scsidev;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-    scsibus = (SCSIBus *)
-        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(QLIST_FIRST(&adapter->child_bus)),
-                            TYPE_SCSI_BUS);
-    if (!scsibus) {
-	error_report("Device is not a SCSI adapter");
-	return -1;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * drive_init() tries to find a default for dinfo->unit.  Doesn't
-     * work at all for hotplug though as we assign the device to a
-     * specific bus instead of the first bus with spare scsi ids.
-     *
-     * Ditch the calculated value and reload from option string (if
-     * specified).
-     */
-    dinfo->unit = qemu_opt_get_number(dinfo->opts, "unit", -1);
-    dinfo->bus = scsibus->busnr;
-    scsidev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(scsibus,
-                                        blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
-                                        dinfo->unit, false, -1, NULL,
-                                        &local_err);
-    if (!scsidev) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    dinfo->unit = scsidev->id;
-
-    if (printinfo)
-        monitor_printf(mon, "OK bus %d, unit %d\n",
-                       scsibus->busnr, scsidev->id);
-    return 0;
-}
-
-int pci_drive_hot_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, DriveInfo *dinfo)
-{
-    int pci_bus;
-    unsigned slot;
-    PCIBus *root = pci_find_primary_bus();
-    PCIDevice *dev;
-    const char *pci_addr = qdict_get_str(qdict, "pci_addr");
-
-    switch (dinfo->type) {
-    case IF_SCSI:
-        if (!root) {
-            monitor_printf(mon, "no primary PCI bus (if there are multiple"
-                           " PCI roots, you must use device_add instead)");
-            goto err;
-        }
-        if (pci_read_devaddr(mon, pci_addr, &pci_bus, &slot)) {
-            goto err;
-        }
-        dev = pci_find_device(root, pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(slot, 0));
-        if (!dev) {
-            monitor_printf(mon, "no pci device with address %s\n", pci_addr);
-            goto err;
-        }
-        if (scsi_hot_add(mon, &dev->qdev, dinfo, 1) != 0) {
-            goto err;
-        }
-        break;
-    default:
-        monitor_printf(mon, "Can't hot-add drive to type %d\n", dinfo->type);
-        goto err;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-err:
-    return -1;
-}
-
-static PCIDevice *qemu_pci_hot_add_storage(Monitor *mon,
-                                           const char *devaddr,
-                                           const char *opts)
-{
-    PCIDevice *dev;
-    DriveInfo *dinfo = NULL;
-    int type = -1;
-    char buf[128];
-    PCIBus *root = pci_find_primary_bus();
-    PCIBus *bus;
-    int devfn;
-
-    if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "if", opts)) {
-        if (!strcmp(buf, "scsi"))
-            type = IF_SCSI;
-        else if (!strcmp(buf, "virtio")) {
-            type = IF_VIRTIO;
-        } else {
-            monitor_printf(mon, "type %s not a hotpluggable PCI device.\n", buf);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    } else {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "no if= specified\n");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "file", opts)) {
-        dinfo = add_init_drive(opts);
-        if (!dinfo)
-            return NULL;
-        if (dinfo->devaddr) {
-            monitor_printf(mon, "Parameter addr not supported\n");
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    } else {
-        dinfo = NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (!root) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "no primary PCI bus (if there are multiple"
-                       " PCI roots, you must use device_add instead)");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    bus = pci_get_bus_devfn(&devfn, root, devaddr);
-    if (!bus) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "Invalid PCI device address %s\n", devaddr);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    if (!qbus_is_hotpluggable(BUS(bus))) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "PCI bus doesn't support hotplug\n");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    switch (type) {
-    case IF_SCSI:
-        dev = pci_create(bus, devfn, "lsi53c895a");
-        if (qdev_init(&dev->qdev) < 0)
-            dev = NULL;
-        if (dev && dinfo) {
-            if (scsi_hot_add(mon, &dev->qdev, dinfo, 0) != 0) {
-                qdev_unplug(&dev->qdev, NULL);
-                dev = NULL;
-            }
-        }
-        break;
-    case IF_VIRTIO:
-        if (!dinfo) {
-            monitor_printf(mon, "virtio requires a backing file/device.\n");
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        dev = pci_create(bus, devfn, "virtio-blk-pci");
-        if (qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "drive",
-                                blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo)) < 0) {
-            object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
-            dev = NULL;
-            break;
-        }
-        if (qdev_init(&dev->qdev) < 0)
-            dev = NULL;
-        break;
-    default:
-        dev = NULL;
-    }
-    return dev;
-}
-
-void hmp_pci_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
-{
-    PCIDevice *dev = NULL;
-    const char *pci_addr = qdict_get_str(qdict, "pci_addr");
-    const char *type = qdict_get_str(qdict, "type");
-    const char *opts = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "opts");
-
-    /* strip legacy tag */
-    if (!strncmp(pci_addr, "pci_addr=", 9)) {
-        pci_addr += 9;
-    }
-
-    if (!opts) {
-        opts = "";
-    }
-
-    if (!strcmp(pci_addr, "auto"))
-        pci_addr = NULL;
-
-    if (strcmp(type, "nic") == 0) {
-        dev = qemu_pci_hot_add_nic(mon, pci_addr, opts);
-    } else if (strcmp(type, "storage") == 0) {
-        dev = qemu_pci_hot_add_storage(mon, pci_addr, opts);
-    } else {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "invalid type: %s\n", type);
-    }
-
-    if (dev) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "OK root bus %s, bus %d, slot %d, function %d\n",
-                       pci_root_bus_path(dev),
-                       pci_bus_num(dev->bus), PCI_SLOT(dev->devfn),
-                       PCI_FUNC(dev->devfn));
-    } else
-        monitor_printf(mon, "failed to add %s\n", opts);
-}
-
-static int pci_device_hot_remove(Monitor *mon, const char *pci_addr)
-{
-    PCIBus *root = pci_find_primary_bus();
-    PCIDevice *d;
-    int bus;
-    unsigned slot;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-    if (!root) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "no primary PCI bus (if there are multiple"
-                       " PCI roots, you must use device_del instead)");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (pci_read_devaddr(mon, pci_addr, &bus, &slot)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    d = pci_find_device(root, bus, PCI_DEVFN(slot, 0));
-    if (!d) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "slot %d empty\n", slot);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    qdev_unplug(&d->qdev, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", error_get_pretty(local_err));
-        error_free(local_err);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-void hmp_pci_del(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
-{
-    pci_device_hot_remove(mon, qdict_get_str(qdict, "pci_addr"));
-}
diff --git a/include/sysemu/blockdev.h b/include/sysemu/blockdev.h
index 0c6264391e..7ca59b5070 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/blockdev.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/blockdev.h
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ DriveInfo *drive_new(QemuOpts *arg, BlockInterfaceType block_default_type);
 
 /* device-hotplug */
 
-DriveInfo *add_init_drive(const char *opts);
-
 void qmp_change_blockdev(const char *device, const char *filename,
                          const char *format, Error **errp);
 void hmp_commit(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 1ab7063ef8..e7135e1ccc 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -174,11 +174,6 @@ extern int nb_option_roms;
 extern const char *prom_envs[MAX_PROM_ENVS];
 extern unsigned int nb_prom_envs;
 
-/* pci-hotplug */
-void hmp_pci_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
-int pci_drive_hot_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, DriveInfo *dinfo);
-void hmp_pci_del(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
-
 /* generic hotplug */
 void hmp_drive_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 5e347d04bd..8beff4c732 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ stub-obj-y += mon-printf.o
 stub-obj-y += mon-set-error.o
 stub-obj-y += monitor-init.o
 stub-obj-y += notify-event.o
-stub-obj-y += pci-drive-hot-add.o
 stub-obj-$(CONFIG_SPICE) += qemu-chr-open-spice.o
 stub-obj-y += qtest.o
 stub-obj-y += reset.o
diff --git a/stubs/pci-drive-hot-add.c b/stubs/pci-drive-hot-add.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d98145802..0000000000
--- a/stubs/pci-drive-hot-add.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#include <monitor/monitor.h>
-#include <sysemu/sysemu.h>
-#include <sysemu/blockdev.h>
-
-int pci_drive_hot_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, DriveInfo *dinfo)
-{
-    /* On non-x86 we don't do PCI hotplug */
-    monitor_printf(mon, "Can't hot-add drive to type %d\n", dinfo->type);
-    return -1;
-}