diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index a0633a3096438ebcd1340761310d7266c083cf66..da99e5c85b8bc9059e02557364dab7e7e5ca6046 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4417,20 +4417,16 @@ qemuBuildUSBHostdevUSBDevStr(virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev)
 }
 
 static char *
-qemuBuildSCSIHostHostdevDrvStr(virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev,
-                               virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                               qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacksPtr callbacks)
+qemuBuildSCSIHostHostdevDrvStr(virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev)
 {
     virDomainHostdevSubsysSCSIPtr scsisrc = &dev->source.subsys.u.scsi;
     virDomainHostdevSubsysSCSIHostPtr scsihostsrc = &scsisrc->u.host;
-    char *sg = NULL;
-
-    sg = (callbacks->qemuGetSCSIDeviceSgName)(NULL,
-                                              scsihostsrc->adapter,
-                                              scsihostsrc->bus,
-                                              scsihostsrc->target,
-                                              scsihostsrc->unit);
-    return sg;
+
+    return virSCSIDeviceGetSgName(NULL,
+                                  scsihostsrc->adapter,
+                                  scsihostsrc->bus,
+                                  scsihostsrc->target,
+                                  scsihostsrc->unit);
 }
 
 static char *
@@ -4475,8 +4471,7 @@ qemuBuildSCSIiSCSIHostdevDrvStr(virConnectPtr conn,
 char *
 qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDrvStr(virConnectPtr conn,
                            virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev,
-                           virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                           qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacksPtr callbacks)
+                           virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 {
     virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     char *source = NULL;
@@ -4487,8 +4482,7 @@ qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDrvStr(virConnectPtr conn,
             goto error;
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "file=%s,if=none,format=raw", source);
     } else {
-        if (!(source = qemuBuildSCSIHostHostdevDrvStr(dev, qemuCaps,
-                                                      callbacks)))
+        if (!(source = qemuBuildSCSIHostHostdevDrvStr(dev)))
             goto error;
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "file=/dev/%s,if=none", source);
     }
@@ -4785,7 +4779,6 @@ qemuBuildHostdevCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
                             virConnectPtr conn,
                             const virDomainDef *def,
                             virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                            qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacksPtr callbacks,
                             unsigned int *bootHostdevNet)
 {
     size_t i;
@@ -4933,7 +4926,7 @@ qemuBuildHostdevCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
 
                 virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-drive");
                 if (!(drvstr = qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDrvStr(conn, hostdev,
-                                                          qemuCaps, callbacks)))
+                                                          qemuCaps)))
                     return -1;
                 virCommandAddArg(cmd, drvstr);
                 VIR_FREE(drvstr);
@@ -9167,10 +9160,6 @@ qemuBuildCommandLineValidate(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 }
 
 
-qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks buildCommandLineCallbacks = {
-    .qemuGetSCSIDeviceSgName = virSCSIDeviceGetSgName,
-};
-
 /*
  * Constructs a argv suitable for launching qemu with config defined
  * for a given virtual machine.
@@ -9189,7 +9178,6 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
                      const char *migrateURI,
                      virDomainSnapshotObjPtr snapshot,
                      virNetDevVPortProfileOp vmop,
-                     qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacksPtr callbacks,
                      bool standalone,
                      bool enableFips,
                      virBitmapPtr nodeset,
@@ -9375,8 +9363,7 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (qemuBuildRedirdevCommandLine(logManager, cmd, def, qemuCaps) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if (qemuBuildHostdevCommandLine(cmd, conn, def, qemuCaps, callbacks,
-                                    &bootHostdevNet) < 0)
+    if (qemuBuildHostdevCommandLine(cmd, conn, def, qemuCaps, &bootHostdevNet) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (migrateURI)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index a3e6a00a23dbe02a19fe148a7b8bbb0153691715..4a8ee4bba3a21e699fd133c3c8e5c1ab17fd9bf1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -42,18 +42,6 @@
 
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(qemuVideo)
 
-typedef struct _qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks;
-typedef qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks *qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacksPtr;
-struct _qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks {
-    char *(*qemuGetSCSIDeviceSgName) (const char *sysfs_prefix,
-                                      const char *adapter,
-                                      unsigned int bus,
-                                      unsigned int target,
-                                      unsigned long long unit);
-};
-
-extern qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks buildCommandLineCallbacks;
-
 char *qemuBuildObjectCommandlineFromJSON(const char *type,
                                          const char *alias,
                                          virJSONValuePtr props);
@@ -68,7 +56,6 @@ virCommandPtr qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
                                    const char *migrateURI,
                                    virDomainSnapshotObjPtr snapshot,
                                    virNetDevVPortProfileOp vmop,
-                                   qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacksPtr callbacks,
                                    bool standalone,
                                    bool enableFips,
                                    virBitmapPtr nodeset,
@@ -182,9 +169,8 @@ char *qemuBuildUSBHostdevDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
 
 char *qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDrvStr(virConnectPtr conn,
                                  virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev,
-                                 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                                 qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacksPtr callbacks)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(4);
+                                 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
+
 char *qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
                                  virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev,
                                  virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index bd1a128090bfb981e040f149b59c225f056be6b1..f332b3417db439f9c2e50128e7fec9322cde1bda 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -1968,8 +1968,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachHostSCSIDevice(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (qemuAssignDeviceHostdevAlias(vm->def, &hostdev->info->alias, -1) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(drvstr = qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDrvStr(conn, hostdev, priv->qemuCaps,
-                                              &buildCommandLineCallbacks)))
+    if (!(drvstr = qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDrvStr(conn, hostdev, priv->qemuCaps)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!(devstr = qemuBuildSCSIHostdevDevStr(vm->def, hostdev, priv->qemuCaps)))
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 1e1d748eaf1662002a5e8c73bdc4e0192b4cfa77..ca8bb580bf6a94b41df5a5a35ec54b7cb3693a03 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5235,7 +5235,7 @@ qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
                                      priv->monJSON, priv->qemuCaps,
                                      incoming ? incoming->launchURI : NULL,
                                      snapshot, vmop,
-                                     &buildCommandLineCallbacks, false,
+                                     false,
                                      qemuCheckFips(),
                                      priv->autoNodeset,
                                      &nnicindexes, &nicindexes,
@@ -5655,7 +5655,6 @@ qemuProcessCreatePretendCmd(virConnectPtr conn,
                                migrateURI,
                                NULL,
                                VIR_NETDEV_VPORT_PROFILE_OP_NO_OP,
-                               &buildCommandLineCallbacks,
                                standalone,
                                forceFips ? true : qemuCheckFips(),
                                priv->autoNodeset,
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index eb4c6c86777b796a15ca6be4d8173d548e76586d..114cd24265b33b00adae6e222df6b4d10fc22476 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -448,25 +448,6 @@ virCapsPtr testQemuCapsInit(void)
 }
 
 
-static char *
-testSCSIDeviceGetSgName(const char *sysfs_prefix ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                        const char *adapter ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                        unsigned int bus ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                        unsigned int target ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                        unsigned long long unit ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    char *sg = NULL;
-
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(sg, "sg0") < 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    return sg;
-}
-
-qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks testCallbacks = {
-    .qemuGetSCSIDeviceSgName = testSCSIDeviceGetSgName,
-};
-
 virQEMUCapsPtr
 qemuTestParseCapabilities(const char *capsFile)
 {
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.h b/tests/testutilsqemu.h
index 1d5dfc517fce8196ef99b729a63e6c7e1a495b47..196dc232c5369574b22725cdc82dda1dab38777a 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.h
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 virCapsPtr testQemuCapsInit(void);
 virDomainXMLOptionPtr testQemuXMLConfInit(void);
-extern qemuBuildCommandLineCallbacks testCallbacks;
 
 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuTestParseCapabilities(const char *capsFile);