diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index bc539d5638..1f7862b004 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -2661,13 +2661,6 @@ virDomainObjEndAPI(virDomainObjPtr *vm)
 }
 
 
-void
-virDomainObjSignal(virDomainObjPtr vm)
-{
-    virCondSignal(&vm->cond);
-}
-
-
 void
 virDomainObjBroadcast(virDomainObjPtr vm)
 {
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 12d945ea7f..50750c1dfa 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2443,7 +2443,6 @@ void virDomainObjEndAPI(virDomainObjPtr *vm);
 bool virDomainObjTaint(virDomainObjPtr obj,
                        virDomainTaintFlags taint);
 
-void virDomainObjSignal(virDomainObjPtr vm);
 void virDomainObjBroadcast(virDomainObjPtr vm);
 int virDomainObjWait(virDomainObjPtr vm);
 int virDomainObjWaitUntil(virDomainObjPtr vm,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 1566d11e41..720afdf4dd 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ virDomainObjParseNode;
 virDomainObjSetDefTransient;
 virDomainObjSetMetadata;
 virDomainObjSetState;
-virDomainObjSignal;
 virDomainObjTaint;
 virDomainObjUpdateModificationImpact;
 virDomainObjWait;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index ba84182d47..a688feb9ba 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleBlockJob(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
         /* We have a SYNC API waiting for this event, dispatch it back */
         diskPriv->blockJobType = type;
         diskPriv->blockJobStatus = status;
-        virDomainObjSignal(vm);
+        virDomainObjBroadcast(vm);
     } else {
         /* there is no waiting SYNC API, dispatch the update to a thread */
         if (VIR_ALLOC(processEvent) < 0)
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleSpiceMigrated(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 
     priv->job.spiceMigrated = true;
-    virDomainObjSignal(vm);
+    virDomainObjBroadcast(vm);
 
  cleanup:
     virObjectUnlock(vm);