diff --git a/python/generator.py b/python/generator.py
index 0e86bed15f..20f5dff2ed 100755
--- a/python/generator.py
+++ b/python/generator.py
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ skip_impl = (
     'virNodeGetCPUMap',
     'virDomainMigrate3',
     'virDomainMigrateToURI3',
+    'virConnectGetCPUModelNames',
 )
 
 lxc_skip_impl = (
diff --git a/python/libvirt-override.c b/python/libvirt-override.c
index 6546dd1f4e..2f520c1c6b 100644
--- a/python/libvirt-override.c
+++ b/python/libvirt-override.c
@@ -2276,58 +2276,6 @@ libvirt_virConnectGetVersion(PyObject *self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     return PyInt_FromLong(hvVersion);
 }
 
-PyObject *
-libvirt_virConnectGetCPUModelNames(PyObject *self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                   PyObject *args)
-{
-    int c_retval;
-    virConnectPtr conn;
-    PyObject *rv = NULL, *pyobj_conn;
-    char **models = NULL;
-    size_t i;
-    int flags = 0;
-    const char *arch = NULL;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char *)"Osi:virConnectGetCPUModelNames",
-                          &pyobj_conn, &arch, &flags))
-        return NULL;
-    conn = (virConnectPtr) PyvirConnect_Get(pyobj_conn);
-
-    LIBVIRT_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS;
-
-    c_retval = virConnectGetCPUModelNames(conn, arch, &models, flags);
-
-    LIBVIRT_END_ALLOW_THREADS;
-
-    if (c_retval == -1)
-        return VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
-
-    if ((rv = PyList_New(c_retval)) == NULL)
-        goto error;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < c_retval; i++) {
-        PyObject *str;
-        if ((str = PyString_FromString(models[i])) == NULL)
-            goto error;
-
-        PyList_SET_ITEM(rv, i, str);
-    }
-
-done:
-    if (models) {
-        for (i = 0; i < c_retval; i++)
-            VIR_FREE(models[i]);
-        VIR_FREE(models);
-    }
-
-    return rv;
-
-error:
-    Py_XDECREF(rv);
-    rv = VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
-    goto done;
-}
-
 static PyObject *
 libvirt_virConnectGetLibVersion(PyObject *self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                 PyObject *args)
@@ -7228,7 +7176,6 @@ static PyMethodDef libvirtMethods[] = {
 #include "libvirt-export.c"
     {(char *) "virGetVersion", libvirt_virGetVersion, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {(char *) "virConnectGetVersion", libvirt_virConnectGetVersion, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
-    {(char *) "virConnectGetCPUModelNames", libvirt_virConnectGetCPUModelNames, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {(char *) "virConnectGetLibVersion", libvirt_virConnectGetLibVersion, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {(char *) "virConnectOpenAuth", libvirt_virConnectOpenAuth, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {(char *) "virConnectListDomainsID", libvirt_virConnectListDomainsID, METH_VARARGS, NULL},