diff --git a/include/monitor/hmp-target.h b/include/monitor/hmp-target.h
index ce0bb1983c..008c1a6570 100644
--- a/include/monitor/hmp-target.h
+++ b/include/monitor/hmp-target.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct MonitorDef {
 #endif
 
 const MonitorDef *target_monitor_defs(void);
-int target_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name, uint64_t *pval);
 
 CPUArchState *mon_get_cpu_env(Monitor *mon);
 CPUState *mon_get_cpu(Monitor *mon);
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-target.c b/monitor/hmp-target.c
index 46ccbd14ae..c2ddcd67e5 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-target.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-target.c
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ int get_monitor_def(Monitor *mon, int64_t *pval, const char *name)
     const MonitorDef *md = target_monitor_defs();
     CPUState *cs = mon_get_cpu(mon);
     void *ptr;
-    uint64_t tmp = 0;
-    int ret;
 
     if (cs == NULL || md == NULL) {
         return -1;
@@ -86,16 +84,10 @@ int get_monitor_def(Monitor *mon, int64_t *pval, const char *name)
         }
     }
 
-    if (cs->cc->sysemu_ops->monitor_get_register) {
-        ret = cs->cc->sysemu_ops->monitor_get_register(cs, name, pval);
-    } else {
-        ret = target_get_monitor_def(cs, name, &tmp);
-        if (!ret) {
-            *pval = (target_long) tmp;
-        }
+    if (!cs->cc->sysemu_ops->monitor_get_register) {
+        return -1;
     }
-
-    return ret;
+    return cs->cc->sysemu_ops->monitor_get_register(cs, name, pval);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index 2f4e1ab430..3489b1f20d 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ if have_system
     stub_ss.add(files('igvm.c'))
   endif
   stub_ss.add(files('kvm.c'))
-  stub_ss.add(files('target-get-monitor-def.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('target-monitor-defs.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('win32-kbd-hook.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('xen-hw-stub.c'))
diff --git a/stubs/target-get-monitor-def.c b/stubs/target-get-monitor-def.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 394e0f9a7d..0000000000
--- a/stubs/target-get-monitor-def.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Stub for target_get_monitor_def.
- *
- *  Copyright IBM Corp., 2015
- *
- *  Author: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
- *  or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-
-int target_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name, uint64_t *pval);
-
-int target_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name, uint64_t *pval)
-{
-    return -1;
-}