diff --git a/sysemu.h b/sysemu.h
index 063319c8f5ad64cef45d410b9f17e86bc7c2c6d0..fd83b7dc1c911e4c2cbbc529039804322f22a2e3 100644
--- a/sysemu.h
+++ b/sysemu.h
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ typedef struct DriveInfo {
 #define MAX_SCSI_DEVS	7
 
 extern QTAILQ_HEAD(drivelist, DriveInfo) drives;
-extern QTAILQ_HEAD(driveoptlist, DriveOpt) driveopts;
 
 extern DriveInfo *drive_get(BlockInterfaceType type, int bus, int unit);
 extern DriveInfo *drive_get_by_id(const char *id);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f8d3034ec893ee1c4a81e6f790d02a973cb6f09d..9283469cebbed8647c4551b25965662d880705a5 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 static const char *data_dir;
 const char *bios_name = NULL;
 struct drivelist drives = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(drives);
-struct driveoptlist driveopts = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(driveopts);
 enum vga_retrace_method vga_retrace_method = VGA_RETRACE_DUMB;
 DisplayType display_type = DT_DEFAULT;
 const char* keyboard_layout = NULL;