diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index e5eb8dd2ef87f31eaefce500c168fc329d2e6216..0f7f32decbdfa72bcba27eaa63d971661e252850 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -2796,70 +2796,6 @@ static CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_socket(QemuOpts *opts)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-/***********************************************************/
-/* Memory chardev */
-typedef struct {
-    size_t outbuf_size;
-    size_t outbuf_capacity;
-    uint8_t *outbuf;
-} MemoryDriver;
-
-static int mem_chr_write(CharDriverState *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len)
-{
-    MemoryDriver *d = chr->opaque;
-
-    /* TODO: the QString implementation has the same code, we should
-     * introduce a generic way to do this in cutils.c */
-    if (d->outbuf_capacity < d->outbuf_size + len) {
-        /* grow outbuf */
-        d->outbuf_capacity += len;
-        d->outbuf_capacity *= 2;
-        d->outbuf = g_realloc(d->outbuf, d->outbuf_capacity);
-    }
-
-    memcpy(d->outbuf + d->outbuf_size, buf, len);
-    d->outbuf_size += len;
-
-    return len;
-}
-
-void qemu_chr_init_mem(CharDriverState *chr)
-{
-    MemoryDriver *d;
-
-    d = g_malloc(sizeof(*d));
-    d->outbuf_size = 0;
-    d->outbuf_capacity = 4096;
-    d->outbuf = g_malloc0(d->outbuf_capacity);
-
-    memset(chr, 0, sizeof(*chr));
-    chr->opaque = d;
-    chr->chr_write = mem_chr_write;
-}
-
-QString *qemu_chr_mem_to_qs(CharDriverState *chr)
-{
-    MemoryDriver *d = chr->opaque;
-    return qstring_from_substr((char *) d->outbuf, 0, d->outbuf_size - 1);
-}
-
-/* NOTE: this driver can not be closed with qemu_chr_delete()! */
-void qemu_chr_close_mem(CharDriverState *chr)
-{
-    MemoryDriver *d = chr->opaque;
-
-    g_free(d->outbuf);
-    g_free(chr->opaque);
-    chr->opaque = NULL;
-    chr->chr_write = NULL;
-}
-
-size_t qemu_chr_mem_osize(const CharDriverState *chr)
-{
-    const MemoryDriver *d = chr->opaque;
-    return d->outbuf_size;
-}
-
 /*********************************************************/
 /* Ring buffer chardev */