diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 4a342239e5..38e2ab915b 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3114,7 +3114,6 @@ virSkipSpaces;
 virSkipSpacesAndBackslash;
 virSkipSpacesBackwards;
 virStrcpy;
-virStrdup;
 virStringBufferIsPrintable;
 virStringFilterChars;
 virStringHasCaseSuffix;
@@ -3149,7 +3148,6 @@ virStringStripSuffix;
 virStringToUpper;
 virStringTrimOptionalNewline;
 virStrncpy;
-virStrndup;
 virStrToDouble;
 virStrToLong_i;
 virStrToLong_l;
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index 7cf32fda3e..fe5c026d2c 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -886,55 +886,6 @@ virStringIsEmpty(const char *str)
     return str[0] == '\0';
 }
 
-/**
- * virStrdup:
- * @dest: where to store duplicated string
- * @src: the source string to duplicate
- *
- * Wrapper over strdup, which aborts on OOM error.
- *
- * Returns: 0 for NULL src, 1 on successful copy, aborts on OOM
- */
-int
-virStrdup(char **dest,
-          const char *src)
-{
-    *dest = NULL;
-    if (!src)
-        return 0;
-    *dest = g_strdup(src);
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-/**
- * virStrndup:
- * @dest: where to store duplicated string
- * @src: the source string to duplicate
- * @n: how many bytes to copy
- *
- * Wrapper over strndup, which aborts on OOM error.
- *
- * In case @n is smaller than zero, the whole @src string is
- * copied.
- *
- * Returns: 0 for NULL src, 1 on successful copy, aborts on OOM
- */
-int
-virStrndup(char **dest,
-           const char *src,
-           ssize_t n)
-{
-    *dest = NULL;
-    if (!src)
-        return 0;
-    if (n < 0)
-        n = strlen(src);
-    *dest = g_strndup(src, n);
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
 
 size_t virStringListLength(const char * const *strings)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.h b/src/util/virstring.h
index 081a5ff1aa..a2cd92cf83 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.h
+++ b/src/util/virstring.h
@@ -134,75 +134,6 @@ int virStrdup(char **dest, const char *src)
 int virStrndup(char **dest, const char *src, ssize_t n)
     G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
-/**
- * VIR_STRDUP:
- * @dst: variable to hold result (char*, not char**)
- * @src: string to duplicate
- *
- * DEPRECATED: use g_strdup instead
- *
- * Duplicate @src string and store it into @dst.
- *
- * This macro is safe to use on arguments with side effects.
- *
- * Returns 0 if @src was NULL, 1 if @src was copied, aborts on OOM
- */
-#define VIR_STRDUP(dst, src) virStrdup(&(dst), src)
-
-/**
- * VIR_STRDUP_QUIET:
- * @dst: variable to hold result (char*, not char**)
- * @src: string to duplicate
- *
- * DEPRECATED: use g_strdup instead
- *
- * Duplicate @src string and store it into @dst.
- *
- * This macro is safe to use on arguments with side effects.
- *
- * Returns 0 if @src was NULL, 1 if @src was copied, aborts on OOM
- */
-#define VIR_STRDUP_QUIET(dst, src) VIR_STRDUP(dst, src)
-
-/**
- * VIR_STRNDUP:
- * @dst: variable to hold result (char*, not char**)
- * @src: string to duplicate
- * @n: the maximum number of bytes to copy
- *
- * DEPRECATED: use g_strndup instead
- *
- * Duplicate @src string and store it into @dst. If @src is longer than @n,
- * only @n bytes are copied and terminating null byte '\0' is added. If @n
- * is a negative number, then the whole @src string is copied. That is,
- * VIR_STRDUP(dst, src) and VIR_STRNDUP(dst, src, -1) are equal.
- *
- * This macro is safe to use on arguments with side effects.
- *
- * Returns 0 if @src was NULL, 1 if @src was copied, aborts on OOM
- */
-#define VIR_STRNDUP(dst, src, n) virStrndup(&(dst), src, n)
-
-/**
- * VIR_STRNDUP_QUIET:
- * @dst: variable to hold result (char*, not char**)
- * @src: string to duplicate
- * @n: the maximum number of bytes to copy
- *
- * DEPRECATED: use g_strndup instead
- *
- * Duplicate @src string and store it into @dst. If @src is longer than @n,
- * only @n bytes are copied and terminating null byte '\0' is added. If @n
- * is a negative number, then the whole @src string is copied. That is,
- * VIR_STRDUP_QUIET(dst, src) and VIR_STRNDUP_QUIET(dst, src, -1) are
- * equal.
- *
- * This macro is safe to use on arguments with side effects.
- *
- * Returns 0 if @src was NULL, 1 if @src was copied, aborts on OOM
- */
-#define VIR_STRNDUP_QUIET(dst, src, n) virStrndup(&(dst), src, n)
-
 size_t virStringListLength(const char * const *strings);
 
 int virStringSortCompare(const void *a, const void *b);