diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index d0147e9603..80463f20d0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5950,7 +5950,7 @@ qemuDomainGetIOThreadsLive(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
     if (iothreads) {
         for (i = 0; i < niothreads; i++)
-            qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(iothreads[i]);
+            VIR_FREE(iothreads[i]);
         VIR_FREE(iothreads);
     }
 
@@ -6330,7 +6330,7 @@ qemuDomainHotplugAddIOThread(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
  cleanup:
     if (new_iothreads) {
         for (idx = 0; idx < new_niothreads; idx++)
-            qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(new_iothreads[idx]);
+            VIR_FREE(new_iothreads[idx]);
         VIR_FREE(new_iothreads);
     }
     VIR_FREE(mem_mask);
@@ -6416,7 +6416,7 @@ qemuDomainHotplugDelIOThread(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
  cleanup:
     if (new_iothreads) {
         for (idx = 0; idx < new_niothreads; idx++)
-            qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(new_iothreads[idx]);
+            VIR_FREE(new_iothreads[idx]);
         VIR_FREE(new_iothreads);
     }
     virDomainAuditIOThread(vm, orig_niothreads, new_niothreads,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 48bfeb0956..6be3ca28b9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -3813,15 +3813,6 @@ qemuMonitorGetIOThreads(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
-void
-qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoPtr iothread)
-{
-    if (!iothread)
-        return;
-    VIR_FREE(iothread);
-}
-
-
 /**
  * qemuMonitorGetMemoryDeviceInfo:
  * @mon: pointer to the monitor
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index bce8031f4c..a07e43b899 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -883,8 +883,6 @@ struct _qemuMonitorIOThreadInfo {
 int qemuMonitorGetIOThreads(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                             qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoPtr **iothreads);
 
-void qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoPtr iothread);
-
 typedef struct _qemuMonitorMemoryDeviceInfo qemuMonitorMemoryDeviceInfo;
 typedef qemuMonitorMemoryDeviceInfo *qemuMonitorMemoryDeviceInfoPtr;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index c02ef47d2d..e2811405c6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -6518,7 +6518,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetIOThreads(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
  cleanup:
     if (ret < 0 && infolist) {
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-            qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(infolist[i]);
+            VIR_FREE(infolist[i]);
         VIR_FREE(infolist);
     }
     virJSONValueFree(cmd);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index d8a747c9b4..605b3c62d0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ qemuProcessDetectIOThreadPIDs(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
  cleanup:
     if (iothreads) {
         for (i = 0; i < niothreads; i++)
-            qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(iothreads[i]);
+            VIR_FREE(iothreads[i]);
         VIR_FREE(iothreads);
     }
     return ret;
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 39eeaa7bfb..c6379b643a 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONGetIOThreads(const void *data)
  cleanup:
     qemuMonitorTestFree(test);
     for (i = 0; i < ninfo; i++)
-        qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoFree(info[i]);
+        VIR_FREE(info[i]);
     VIR_FREE(info);
 
     return ret;