diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index b63822280af5873d3716c07b0d97827a37b3f3da..7035b78a20f1a08c5305f332a003a94fac4d7f40 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -1429,24 +1429,6 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_preadv(BdrvChild *child,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_readv(BdrvChild *child,
-    int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
-    BdrvRequestFlags flags)
-{
-    if (nb_sectors < 0 || nb_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS) {
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-
-    return bdrv_co_preadv(child, sector_num << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
-                          nb_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, qiov, flags);
-}
-
-int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_readv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num,
-                               int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
-{
-    return bdrv_co_do_readv(child, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov, 0);
-}
-
 static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
     int64_t offset, int bytes, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
@@ -1889,24 +1871,6 @@ out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_writev(BdrvChild *child,
-    int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
-    BdrvRequestFlags flags)
-{
-    if (nb_sectors < 0 || nb_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS) {
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-
-    return bdrv_co_pwritev(child, sector_num << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
-                           nb_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, qiov, flags);
-}
-
-int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_writev(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num,
-    int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
-{
-    return bdrv_co_do_writev(child, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov, 0);
-}
-
 int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
                                        int bytes, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 42e59ff5856f5a46b0ca6c855f45a428b525a3a2..2ffc1c64c66d3e0c14396f0b4a698cc5a1b6bd8f 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -285,10 +285,6 @@ int bdrv_pwrite(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, const void *buf, int bytes);
 int bdrv_pwritev(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
 int bdrv_pwrite_sync(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
                      const void *buf, int count);
-int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_readv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num,
-                               int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
-int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_writev(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num,
-                               int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
 /*
  * Efficiently zero a region of the disk image.  Note that this is a regular
  * I/O request like read or write and should have a reasonable size.  This