diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index e325168e539f7ba3cee067e998c6b56fe8fcf2c5..333bf7c8b2db8f050ed640e6ad8b3fc52579c83d 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2083,7 +2083,6 @@ virPerfEventIsEnabled;
 virPerfEventTypeFromString;
 virPerfEventTypeToString;
 virPerfFree;
-virPerfGetEventFd;
 virPerfNew;
 virPerfReadEvent;
 
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.c b/src/util/virperf.c
index 450b3baf2a1f636accf4bb54e64ff3c775874cfc..a0997f94b1661edb82f6d7e503e0e86ff559a137 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.c
+++ b/src/util/virperf.c
@@ -241,16 +241,6 @@ bool virPerfEventIsEnabled(virPerfPtr perf,
     return event->enabled;
 }
 
-int virPerfGetEventFd(virPerfPtr perf,
-                      virPerfEventType type)
-{
-    virPerfEventPtr event = virPerfGetEvent(perf, type);
-    if (event == NULL)
-        return false;
-
-    return event->fd;
-}
-
 int
 virPerfReadEvent(virPerfPtr perf,
                  virPerfEventType type,
@@ -299,15 +289,6 @@ virPerfEventIsEnabled(virPerfPtr perf ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     return false;
 }
 
-int
-virPerfGetEventFd(virPerfPtr perf ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  virPerfEventType type ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    virReportSystemError(ENXIO, "%s",
-                         _("Perf not supported on this platform"));
-    return -1;
-}
-
 int
 virPerfReadEvent(virPerfPtr perf ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                  virPerfEventType type ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.h b/src/util/virperf.h
index 769e85a2faa35949a1c6eb07905dca7fa9f68d4d..716341019be1cf12a3d15da24e6125122ab72052 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.h
+++ b/src/util/virperf.h
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ int virPerfEventDisable(virPerfPtr perf,
 bool virPerfEventIsEnabled(virPerfPtr perf,
                            virPerfEventType type);
 
-int virPerfGetEventFd(virPerfPtr perf,
-                      virPerfEventType type);
-
 int virPerfReadEvent(virPerfPtr perf,
                      virPerfEventType type,
                      uint64_t *value);