diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 5a1f142989..ce0b0fdd77 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3242,7 +3242,6 @@ virStringIsEmpty;
 virStringIsPrintable;
 virStringListFreeCount;
 virStringListJoin;
-virStringListLength;
 virStringListMerge;
 virStringMatch;
 virStringMatchesNameSuffix;
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index 1fd61650be..c7276fa7c4 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -747,17 +747,6 @@ virStringIsEmpty(const char *str)
 }
 
 
-size_t virStringListLength(const char * const *strings)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-
-    while (strings && strings[i])
-        i++;
-
-    return i;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * virStringSortCompare:
  *
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.h b/src/util/virstring.h
index 1a15812307..db6f2d4795 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.h
+++ b/src/util/virstring.h
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ int virStrcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t destbytes)
     G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 #define virStrcpyStatic(dest, src) virStrcpy((dest), (src), sizeof(dest))
 
-size_t virStringListLength(const char * const *strings);
-
 int virStringSortCompare(const void *a, const void *b);
 int virStringSortRevCompare(const void *a, const void *b);
 int virStringToUpper(char **dst, const char *src);