diff --git a/docs/hacking.html.in b/docs/hacking.html.in
index 92ffa2f25cad92de5cd4d43ea2db7dc014c29bcb..5d13e4f71dbd9b495385c445ab6ca752a1c2eb93 100644
--- a/docs/hacking.html.in
+++ b/docs/hacking.html.in
@@ -1043,11 +1043,6 @@ BAD:
       <dt><code>VIR_STRDUP</code>, <code>VIR_STRNDUP</code></dt>
       <dd>Prefer the GLib APIs <code>g_strdup</code> and <code>g_strndup</code>.</dd>
 
-      <dt><code>virAsprintf</code>, <code>virVasprintf</code></dt>
-      <dd>The GLib APIs <code>g_strdup_printf</code> / <code>g_strdup_vprint</code> should be used
-        instead. Don't use <code>g_vasprintf</code> unless having the string length
-        returned is unavoidable.</dd>
-
       <dt><code>virStrerror</code></dt>
       <dd>The GLib <code>g_strerror()</code> function should be used instead,
         which has a simpler calling convention as an added benefit.</dd>
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index b013e4d6ef63f6c8f4b68820b74bf9e99ca7e5b8..5787338e92b3a5123b6a254d940f19f5acba50cc 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3120,7 +3120,6 @@ virStrToLong_ull;
 virStrToLong_ullp;
 virStrToLong_ulp;
 virTrimSpaces;
-virVasprintfInternal;
 
 
 # util/virsysinfo.h
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index 040b3ac26b73076ed732c1c1c4db0f3eb896c0fa..283cf8c8d872b324a9d631094d5b7383e8ffa421 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -720,30 +720,6 @@ virDoubleToStr(char **strp, double number)
 }
 
 
-int
-virVasprintfInternal(char **strp,
-                     const char *fmt,
-                     va_list list)
-{
-    char *str = NULL;
-    int ret;
-
-    ret = g_vasprintf(&str, fmt, list);
-
-    /* GLib is supposed to abort() on OOM, but a mistake meant
-     * it did not. Delete this once our min glib is at 2.64.0
-     * which includes the fix:
-     *   https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/merge_requests/1145
-     */
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 64, 0)
-    if (!str)
-        abort();
-#endif
-    *strp = str;
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 /**
  * virStrncpy:
  *
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.h b/src/util/virstring.h
index 6072af8f595d6d11e1c7e8881bc05c7293f3ea55..081a5ff1aa553ff1945418b70ff714a61626578b 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.h
+++ b/src/util/virstring.h
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ int virStrdup(char **dest, const char *src)
 
 int virStrndup(char **dest, const char *src, ssize_t n)
     G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
-int virVasprintfInternal(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list list)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 0)
-    G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
 /**
  * VIR_STRDUP:
@@ -208,15 +205,6 @@ int virVasprintfInternal(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list list)
 
 size_t virStringListLength(const char * const *strings);
 
-/**
- * virVasprintf
- *
- * Like glibc's vasprintf but aborts on OOM
- *
- * Returns number of bytes printed on success, aborts on OOM
- */
-#define virVasprintf(strp, fmt, list) virVasprintfInternal(strp, fmt, list)
-
 int virStringSortCompare(const void *a, const void *b);
 int virStringSortRevCompare(const void *a, const void *b);
 int virStringToUpper(char **dst, const char *src);