diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index ea82d7dba47f646a1bb83f8bb40a05043bd3745b..0b1f08efee277d9a2817fe121f988f01cd33e276 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -3218,10 +3218,8 @@ qemuMonitorCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name)
 
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
 
-    if (mon->json)
-        return qemuMonitorJSONCreateSnapshot(mon, name);
-    else
-        return qemuMonitorTextCreateSnapshot(mon, name);
+    /* there won't ever be a direct QMP replacement for this function */
+    return qemuMonitorTextCreateSnapshot(mon, name);
 }
 
 int
@@ -3231,10 +3229,8 @@ qemuMonitorLoadSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name)
 
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
 
-    if (mon->json)
-        return qemuMonitorJSONLoadSnapshot(mon, name);
-    else
-        return qemuMonitorTextLoadSnapshot(mon, name);
+    /* there won't ever be a direct QMP replacement for this function */
+    return qemuMonitorTextLoadSnapshot(mon, name);
 }
 
 
@@ -3245,10 +3241,8 @@ qemuMonitorDeleteSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name)
 
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
 
-    if (mon->json)
-        return qemuMonitorJSONDeleteSnapshot(mon, name);
-    else
-        return qemuMonitorTextDeleteSnapshot(mon, name);
+    /* there won't ever be a direct QMP replacement for this function */
+    return qemuMonitorTextDeleteSnapshot(mon, name);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 9916e78aa4e221bcf43af8af3e5794970e780820..9f5c35879587ca1e2f9949bbd830a91f11f91be9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -4090,27 +4090,6 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONSetDrivePassphrase(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     return ret;
 }
 
-int qemuMonitorJSONCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name)
-{
-    /* XXX Update to use QMP, if QMP ever adds support for savevm */
-    VIR_DEBUG("savevm command not found, trying HMP");
-    return qemuMonitorTextCreateSnapshot(mon, name);
-}
-
-int qemuMonitorJSONLoadSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name)
-{
-    /* XXX Update to use QMP, if QMP ever adds support for loadvm */
-    VIR_DEBUG("loadvm command not found, trying HMP");
-    return qemuMonitorTextLoadSnapshot(mon, name);
-}
-
-int qemuMonitorJSONDeleteSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name)
-{
-    /* XXX Update to use QMP, if QMP ever adds support for delvm */
-    VIR_DEBUG("delvm command not found, trying HMP");
-    return qemuMonitorTextDeleteSnapshot(mon, name);
-}
-
 int
 qemuMonitorJSONDiskSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, virJSONValuePtr actions,
                             const char *device, const char *file,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 646cfcc8ac0afc3aee9ac577f788934fc660a19f..f4ac8319ac8aee61efb5f93afebadc2d9e9b444d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -241,10 +241,6 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONSetDrivePassphrase(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                       const char *alias,
                                       const char *passphrase);
 
-int qemuMonitorJSONCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name);
-int qemuMonitorJSONLoadSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name);
-int qemuMonitorJSONDeleteSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *name);
-
 int qemuMonitorJSONDiskSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                 virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                 const char *device,