diff --git a/accel.c b/accel.c
index 2cf47337af449536a13b2ec51b89c3b6191ff293..0f3fceeb7c9d7666afa890881bd9ead8be854376 100644
--- a/accel.c
+++ b/accel.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ static void tcg_accel_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_CLASS(oc);
     ac->name = "tcg";
-    ac->available = tcg_available;
     ac->init = tcg_init;
     ac->allowed = &tcg_allowed;
 }
diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index c974f3fea920b62c4b82963e16b2381ce4381e4b..9b3e25d8050d0ecf238800ca0de9a255e3077b17 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -1337,11 +1337,6 @@ void cpudef_init(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-int tcg_available(void)
-{
-    return 1;
-}
-
 int kvm_available(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
diff --git a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
index 769ec069b783142beef13a32baac864dc91bdf9e..54b36c16c46db7618720c1597d6b70664207f8dd 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ void do_smbios_option(QemuOpts *opts);
 void ram_mig_init(void);
 void cpudef_init(void);
 void audio_init(void);
-int tcg_available(void);
 int kvm_available(void);
 int xen_available(void);