diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 84ae9573dfd431a4927c415d2393edbadda3264a..f76e027edb1b746e862999de23bdb0d3b6a64ec1 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -16896,17 +16896,6 @@ virDomainDiskIndexByName(virDomainDefPtr def, const char *name,
     return candidate;
 }
 
-/* Return the path to a disk image if a string identifies at least one
- * disk belonging to the domain (both device strings 'vda' and paths
- * '/path/to/file' are converted into '/path/to/file').  */
-const char *
-virDomainDiskPathByName(virDomainDefPtr def, const char *name)
-{
-    int idx = virDomainDiskIndexByName(def, name, true);
-
-    return idx < 0 ? NULL : virDomainDiskGetSource(def->disks[idx]);
-}
-
 virDomainDiskDefPtr
 virDomainDiskByName(virDomainDefPtr def,
                     const char *name,
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 5a17acedf299ad26c488d7367fff86b26c7009bd..59cdd4e401ff7cc327690345fb420d906ede3f2c 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -3162,7 +3162,6 @@ int virDomainDiskIndexByName(virDomainDefPtr def, const char *name,
 virDomainDiskDefPtr virDomainDiskByName(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                         const char *name,
                                         bool allow_ambiguous);
-const char *virDomainDiskPathByName(virDomainDefPtr, const char *name);
 int virDomainDiskInsert(virDomainDefPtr def,
                         virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
     G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 17977229d18f128d4dda5dc9bec88252e47857fc..255e8acc14dff3c4b3e70701940ded06e047a66b 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ virDomainDiskMirrorStateTypeFromString;
 virDomainDiskMirrorStateTypeToString;
 virDomainDiskModelTypeFromString;
 virDomainDiskModelTypeToString;
-virDomainDiskPathByName;
 virDomainDiskRemove;
 virDomainDiskRemoveByName;
 virDomainDiskSetBlockIOTune;