diff --git a/include/qemu/sockets.h b/include/qemu/sockets.h
index a0b5cae03bd7b4f4fa53feddaaa7c15ea0b84928..5c326db232b3dbb0f5f25785f4c6cdcc37575b03 100644
--- a/include/qemu/sockets.h
+++ b/include/qemu/sockets.h
@@ -120,17 +120,6 @@ SocketAddress *socket_remote_address(int fd, Error **errp);
  */
 char *socket_address_to_string(struct SocketAddress *addr, Error **errp);
 
-/**
- * socket_address_crumple:
- * @addr_flat: the socket address to crumple
- *
- * Convert SocketAddress to SocketAddressLegacy.  Caller is responsible
- * for freeing with qapi_free_SocketAddressLegacy().
- *
- * Returns: the argument converted to SocketAddressLegacy.
- */
-SocketAddressLegacy *socket_address_crumple(SocketAddress *addr);
-
 /**
  * socket_address_flatten:
  * @addr: the socket address to flatten
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 9e65ebed01bf647aec41f6691a12190756909807..d8183f79d7beafc6ec79123da14e4bd746d5dc28 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -1336,37 +1336,6 @@ char *socket_address_to_string(struct SocketAddress *addr, Error **errp)
     return buf;
 }
 
-SocketAddressLegacy *socket_address_crumple(SocketAddress *addr_flat)
-{
-    SocketAddressLegacy *addr = g_new(SocketAddressLegacy, 1);
-
-    switch (addr_flat->type) {
-    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET:
-        addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_LEGACY_KIND_INET;
-        addr->u.inet.data = QAPI_CLONE(InetSocketAddress,
-                                       &addr_flat->u.inet);
-        break;
-    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_UNIX:
-        addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_LEGACY_KIND_UNIX;
-        addr->u.q_unix.data = QAPI_CLONE(UnixSocketAddress,
-                                         &addr_flat->u.q_unix);
-        break;
-    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_VSOCK:
-        addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_LEGACY_KIND_VSOCK;
-        addr->u.vsock.data = QAPI_CLONE(VsockSocketAddress,
-                                        &addr_flat->u.vsock);
-        break;
-    case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_FD:
-        addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_LEGACY_KIND_FD;
-        addr->u.fd.data = QAPI_CLONE(String, &addr_flat->u.fd);
-        break;
-    default:
-        abort();
-    }
-
-    return addr;
-}
-
 SocketAddress *socket_address_flatten(SocketAddressLegacy *addr_legacy)
 {
     SocketAddress *addr = g_new(SocketAddress, 1);