diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 0ccaad472b..4739810c9b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -2555,26 +2555,6 @@ qemuMonitorGetChardevInfo(qemuMonitor *mon,
 }
 
 
-/**
- * qemuMonitorDriveDel:
- * @mon: monitor object
- * @drivestr: identifier of drive to delete.
- *
- * Attempts to remove a host drive.
- * Returns 1 if unsupported, 0 if ok, and -1 on other failure */
-int
-qemuMonitorDriveDel(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                    const char *drivestr)
-{
-    VIR_DEBUG("drivestr=%s", drivestr);
-
-    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
-
-    /* there won't be a direct replacement for drive_del in QMP */
-    return qemuMonitorTextDriveDel(mon, drivestr);
-}
-
-
 /**
  * @mon: monitor object
  * @devalias: alias of the device to detach
@@ -2746,19 +2726,6 @@ qemuMonitorDelObject(qemuMonitor *mon,
 }
 
 
-int
-qemuMonitorAddDrive(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                    const char *drivestr)
-{
-    VIR_DEBUG("drive=%s", drivestr);
-
-    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
-
-    /* there won't ever be a direct QMP replacement for this function */
-    return qemuMonitorTextAddDrive(mon, drivestr);
-}
-
-
 int
 qemuMonitorCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitor *mon, const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 2750395efe..78e2ebf0bd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -951,12 +951,6 @@ int qemuMonitorDelObject(qemuMonitor *mon,
                          const char *objalias,
                          bool report_error);
 
-int qemuMonitorAddDrive(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                        const char *drivestr);
-
-int qemuMonitorDriveDel(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                        const char *drivestr);
-
 int qemuMonitorCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitor *mon, const char *name);
 int qemuMonitorDeleteSnapshot(qemuMonitor *mon, const char *name);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index 65785f1dae..8e70b8f78d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -31,88 +31,6 @@
 
 VIR_LOG_INIT("qemu.qemu_monitor_text");
 
-int qemuMonitorTextAddDrive(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                            const char *drivestr)
-{
-    g_autofree char *cmd = NULL;
-    g_autofree char *reply = NULL;
-
-    /* 'dummy' here is just a placeholder since there is no PCI
-     * address required when attaching drives to a controller */
-    cmd = g_strdup_printf("drive_add dummy %s", drivestr);
-
-    if (qemuMonitorJSONHumanCommand(mon, cmd, -1, &reply) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (strstr(reply, "unknown command:")) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
-                       _("drive hotplug is not supported"));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (strstr(reply, "could not open disk image")) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
-                       _("open disk image file failed"));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (strstr(reply, "Could not open")) {
-        size_t len = strlen(reply);
-        if (reply[len - 1] == '\n')
-            reply[len - 1] = '\0';
-
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
-                       reply);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (strstr(reply, "Image is not in")) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
-                       _("Incorrect disk format"));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (strstr(reply, "IOMMU") ||
-        strstr(reply, "VFIO")) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
-                       reply);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-int qemuMonitorTextDriveDel(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                            const char *drivestr)
-{
-    g_autofree char *cmd = NULL;
-    g_autofree char *reply = NULL;
-
-    cmd = g_strdup_printf("drive_del %s", drivestr);
-
-    if (qemuMonitorJSONHumanCommand(mon, cmd, -1, &reply) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (strstr(reply, "unknown command:")) {
-        VIR_ERROR(_("deleting drive is not supported.  "
-                    "This may leak data if disk is reassigned"));
-        return 1;
-
-    /* (qemu) drive_del wark
-     * Device 'wark' not found */
-    } else if (strstr(reply, "Device '") && strstr(reply, "not found")) {
-        /* NB: device not found errors mean the drive was auto-deleted and we
-         * ignore the error */
-    } else if (STRNEQ(reply, "")) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("deleting %s drive failed: %s"), drivestr, reply);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 int
 qemuMonitorTextCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitor *mon,
                               const char *name)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
index d959fc8889..27d0f061d3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
@@ -25,11 +25,5 @@
 
 #include "qemu_monitor.h"
 
-int qemuMonitorTextAddDrive(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                             const char *drivestr);
-
-int qemuMonitorTextDriveDel(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                             const char *drivestr);
-
 int qemuMonitorTextCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitor *mon, const char *name);
 int qemuMonitorTextDeleteSnapshot(qemuMonitor *mon, const char *name);