diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 96bb9cfbed89cfa5a7a3edd994bdd0b6d3dc3dfa..ffc792007c41410c29258e5d81ca200c972d59da 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -2782,22 +2782,6 @@ qemuMonitorAttachPCIDiskController(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
-int
-qemuMonitorAttachDrive(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                       const char *drivestr,
-                       virDevicePCIAddress *controllerAddr,
-                       virDomainDeviceDriveAddress *driveAddr)
-{
-    VIR_DEBUG("drivestr=%s domain=%d bus=%d slot=%d function=%d",
-              drivestr, controllerAddr->domain, controllerAddr->bus,
-              controllerAddr->slot, controllerAddr->function);
-
-    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR_JSON(mon);
-
-    return qemuMonitorTextAttachDrive(mon, drivestr, controllerAddr, driveAddr);
-}
-
-
 int
 qemuMonitorGetAllPCIAddresses(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               qemuMonitorPCIAddress **addrs)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index c6e391cf7b2173b3da1f3b2bb5459d325068cdc2..79063619e7bf35c240051898c6292022f45a0e97 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -674,12 +674,6 @@ int qemuMonitorAttachPCIDiskController(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                        const char *bus,
                                        virDevicePCIAddress *guestAddr);
 
-int qemuMonitorAttachDrive(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                           const char *drivestr,
-                           virDevicePCIAddress *controllerAddr,
-                           virDomainDeviceDriveAddress *driveAddr);
-
-
 typedef struct _qemuMonitorPCIAddress qemuMonitorPCIAddress;
 struct _qemuMonitorPCIAddress {
     unsigned int vendor;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index 3129427f48982eba540248f013e9010297d6ba48..ea3cbf02338bd03c942c35450a29e62e6a10986e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -2210,104 +2210,6 @@ int qemuMonitorTextAttachPCIDiskController(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
-static int
-qemuParseDriveAddReply(const char *reply,
-                       virDomainDeviceDriveAddressPtr addr)
-{
-    char *s, *e;
-
-    /* If the command succeeds qemu prints:
-     * OK bus X, unit Y
-     */
-
-    if (!(s = strstr(reply, "OK ")))
-        return -1;
-
-    s += 3;
-
-    if (STRPREFIX(s, "bus ")) {
-        s += strlen("bus ");
-
-        if (virStrToLong_ui(s, &e, 10, &addr->bus) == -1) {
-            VIR_WARN("Unable to parse bus '%s'", s);
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        if (!STRPREFIX(e, ", ")) {
-            VIR_WARN("Expected ', ' parsing drive_add reply '%s'", s);
-            return -1;
-        }
-        s = e + 2;
-    }
-
-    if (!STRPREFIX(s, "unit ")) {
-        VIR_WARN("Expected 'unit ' parsing drive_add reply '%s'", s);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    s += strlen("bus ");
-
-    if (virStrToLong_ui(s, &e, 10, &addr->unit) == -1) {
-        VIR_WARN("Unable to parse unit number '%s'", s);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-int qemuMonitorTextAttachDrive(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               const char *drivestr,
-                               virDevicePCIAddress *controllerAddr,
-                               virDomainDeviceDriveAddress *driveAddr)
-{
-    char *cmd = NULL;
-    char *reply = NULL;
-    int ret = -1;
-    char *safe_str;
-    bool tryOldSyntax = false;
-
-    safe_str = qemuMonitorEscapeArg(drivestr);
-    if (!safe_str)
-        return -1;
-
- try_command:
-    if (virAsprintf(&cmd, "drive_add %s%.2x:%.2x:%.2x %s",
-                    (tryOldSyntax ? "" : "pci_addr="),
-                    controllerAddr->domain, controllerAddr->bus,
-                    controllerAddr->slot, safe_str) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (qemuMonitorHMPCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (strstr(reply, "unknown command:")) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
-                       _("drive hotplug is not supported"));
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    if (qemuParseDriveAddReply(reply, driveAddr) < 0) {
-        if (!tryOldSyntax && strstr(reply, "invalid char in expression")) {
-            VIR_FREE(reply);
-            VIR_FREE(cmd);
-            tryOldSyntax = true;
-            goto try_command;
-        }
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("adding %s disk failed: %s"), drivestr, reply);
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    ret = 0;
-
- cleanup:
-    VIR_FREE(cmd);
-    VIR_FREE(reply);
-    VIR_FREE(safe_str);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * The format we're after looks like this
  *
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
index 44a53308ac14c10d21a97b90042a202676f3516d..287a8518b92531d40f7495f8aa6f6020a30749f7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@ int qemuMonitorTextAttachPCIDiskController(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                            const char *bus,
                                            virDevicePCIAddress *guestAddr);
 
-int qemuMonitorTextAttachDrive(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               const char *drivestr,
-                               virDevicePCIAddress *controllerAddr,
-                               virDomainDeviceDriveAddress *driveAddr);
-
 int qemuMonitorTextGetAllPCIAddresses(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                       qemuMonitorPCIAddress **addrs);