2 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 17ee088105..ed4b487778 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -220,11 +220,6 @@ void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv)
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&bdrv_drivers, bdrv, list);
 }
 
-BlockDriverState *bdrv_new_root(void)
-{
-    return bdrv_new();
-}
-
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(void)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 770ca26c57..348e4783f0 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
 int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
                 QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
 int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
-BlockDriverState *bdrv_new_root(void);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(void);
 void bdrv_append(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_top);
 void bdrv_replace_in_backing_chain(BlockDriverState *old,