diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index bd85280bb6e872b4dcd1d041a33fa20e683f5b9c..ab265c2cfab3680dddc0d43aca1d696f22066ffb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1365,18 +1365,6 @@ size_t perf_session__fprintf(struct perf_session *session, FILE *fp)
 	return machine__fprintf(&session->machines.host, fp);
 }
 
-void perf_session__remove_thread(struct perf_session *session,
-				 struct thread *th)
-{
-	/*
-	 * FIXME: This one makes no sense, we need to remove the thread from
-	 * the machine it belongs to, perf_session can have many machines, so
-	 * doing it always on ->machines.host is wrong.  Fix when auditing all
-	 * the 'perf kvm' code.
-	 */
-	machine__remove_thread(&session->machines.host, th);
-}
-
 struct perf_evsel *perf_session__find_first_evtype(struct perf_session *session,
 					      unsigned int type)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index b5c0847edfa92d3a826bb4b73c6cb59d7a19f2ea..6b51d47acdbadca354f5d05c77193e69a4100778 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ void perf_event__attr_swap(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 int perf_session__create_kernel_maps(struct perf_session *self);
 
 void perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(struct perf_session *session);
-void perf_session__remove_thread(struct perf_session *self, struct thread *th);
 
 static inline
 struct machine *perf_session__find_machine(struct perf_session *self, pid_t pid)