diff --git a/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.c b/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.c
index c533e695f1..a08464438a 100644
--- a/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.c
+++ b/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.c
@@ -195,30 +195,6 @@ virCloseCallbacksGet(virCloseCallbacks *closeCallbacks,
     return cb;
 }
 
-virConnectPtr
-virCloseCallbacksGetConn(virCloseCallbacks *closeCallbacks,
-                         virDomainObj *vm)
-{
-    char uuidstr[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
-    virDriverCloseDef *closeDef;
-    virConnectPtr conn = NULL;
-
-    virUUIDFormat(vm->def->uuid, uuidstr);
-    VIR_DEBUG("vm=%s, uuid=%s", vm->def->name, uuidstr);
-
-    virObjectLock(closeCallbacks);
-
-    closeDef = virHashLookup(closeCallbacks->list, uuidstr);
-    if (closeDef)
-        conn = closeDef->conn;
-
-    virObjectUnlock(closeCallbacks);
-
-    VIR_DEBUG("conn=%p", conn);
-    return conn;
-}
-
-
 typedef struct _virCloseCallbacksListEntry virCloseCallbacksListEntry;
 struct _virCloseCallbacksListEntry {
     unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN];
diff --git a/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.h b/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.h
index 5a56dea292..7afb0e5640 100644
--- a/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.h
+++ b/src/hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.h
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ virCloseCallback
 virCloseCallbacksGet(virCloseCallbacks *closeCallbacks,
                      virDomainObj *vm,
                      virConnectPtr conn);
-virConnectPtr
-virCloseCallbacksGetConn(virCloseCallbacks *closeCallbacks,
-                         virDomainObj *vm);
 
 void
 virCloseCallbacksRun(virCloseCallbacks *closeCallbacks,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 58c05a532c..6a5c5600df 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1595,7 +1595,6 @@ virDomainObjInitJob;
 
 # hypervisor/virclosecallbacks.h
 virCloseCallbacksGet;
-virCloseCallbacksGetConn;
 virCloseCallbacksNew;
 virCloseCallbacksRun;
 virCloseCallbacksSet;