diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 1b60c13ee7..e04a3d775f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -1525,20 +1525,13 @@ virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataCopy(virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataPtr dst,
 }
 
 
-static void
-virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataClearModels(virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataPtr cpuData)
-{
-    virCPUDefFree(cpuData->reported);
-    virCPUDefFree(cpuData->migratable);
-    virCPUDefFree(cpuData->full);
-}
-
-
 static void
 virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataClear(virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataPtr cpuData)
 {
     qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(cpuData->info);
-    virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataClearModels(cpuData);
+    virCPUDefFree(cpuData->reported);
+    virCPUDefFree(cpuData->migratable);
+    virCPUDefFree(cpuData->full);
 
     memset(cpuData, 0, sizeof(*cpuData));
 }
@@ -2981,20 +2974,6 @@ virQEMUCapsNewHostCPUModel(void)
 }
 
 
-void
-virQEMUCapsFreeHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                            virArch hostArch,
-                            virDomainVirtType type)
-{
-    virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataPtr cpuData = virQEMUCapsGetHostCPUData(qemuCaps, type);
-
-    if (!virQEMUCapsGuestIsNative(hostArch, qemuCaps->arch))
-        return;
-
-    virQEMUCapsHostCPUDataClearModels(cpuData);
-}
-
-
 void
 virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                             virArch hostArch,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
index cb5e0dd9a9..8d1a40fe74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ void
 virQEMUCapsSetArch(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                    virArch arch);
 
-void
-virQEMUCapsFreeHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                            virArch hostArch,
-                            virDomainVirtType type);
-
 void
 virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                             virArch hostArch,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index f94a3df756..3d84cb346a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -418,11 +418,6 @@ testUpdateQEMUCaps(const struct testInfo *info,
                          !!(info->flags & FLAG_SKIP_LEGACY_CPUS)) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    virQEMUCapsFreeHostCPUModel(info->qemuCaps, caps->host.arch,
-                                VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
-    virQEMUCapsFreeHostCPUModel(info->qemuCaps, caps->host.arch,
-                                VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU);
-
     virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(info->qemuCaps, caps->host.arch,
                                 VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
     virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(info->qemuCaps, caps->host.arch,