diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 522e0c2bf36bf6fe391c093c153531bf024e57ea..f0b604e1252a452f1e69808498398010253e4dba 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -3241,28 +3241,6 @@ virDomainDefNew(void)
 }
 
 
-virDomainDefPtr
-virDomainDefNewFull(const char *name,
-                    const unsigned char *uuid,
-                    int id)
-{
-    virDomainDefPtr def;
-
-    if (!(def = virDomainDefNew()))
-        return NULL;
-
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(def->name, name) < 0) {
-        VIR_FREE(def);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    memcpy(def->uuid, uuid, VIR_UUID_BUFLEN);
-    def->id = id;
-
-    return def;
-}
-
-
 void virDomainObjAssignDef(virDomainObjPtr domain,
                            virDomainDefPtr def,
                            bool live,
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 6344c02d1cbb7083e6e43e08d38f30b9d7bff68c..8cefef535a18aaf3c22a981b57c798dc1e5609fc 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2919,9 +2919,6 @@ virDomainChrSourceDefNew(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt);
 virDomainChrDefPtr virDomainChrDefNew(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt);
 
 virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefNew(void);
-virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefNewFull(const char *name,
-                                    const unsigned char *uuid,
-                                    int id);
 
 void virDomainObjAssignDef(virDomainObjPtr domain,
                            virDomainDefPtr def,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index ea24f2847c2200cb92fd98eb2ca69d755aeeb0e3..98913a577a19b1eaea303ec7237edbdc532a1a29 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ virDomainDefMaybeAddController;
 virDomainDefMaybeAddInput;
 virDomainDefNeedsPlacementAdvice;
 virDomainDefNew;
-virDomainDefNewFull;
 virDomainDefParseFile;
 virDomainDefParseNode;
 virDomainDefParseString;