diff --git a/src/xen/xen_driver.c b/src/xen/xen_driver.c
index 3d4d118096..63295357b6 100644
--- a/src/xen/xen_driver.c
+++ b/src/xen/xen_driver.c
@@ -583,55 +583,13 @@ xenUnifiedConnectGetCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn)
 static int
 xenUnifiedConnectListDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int *ids, int maxids)
 {
-    xenUnifiedPrivatePtr priv = conn->privateData;
-    int ret;
-
-    /* Try xenstore. */
-    if (priv->opened[XEN_UNIFIED_XS_OFFSET]) {
-        ret = xenStoreListDomains(conn, ids, maxids);
-        if (ret >= 0) return ret;
-    }
-
-    /* Try HV. */
-    if (priv->opened[XEN_UNIFIED_HYPERVISOR_OFFSET]) {
-        ret = xenHypervisorListDomains(conn, ids, maxids);
-        if (ret >= 0) return ret;
-    }
-
-    /* Try xend. */
-    if (priv->opened[XEN_UNIFIED_XEND_OFFSET]) {
-        ret = xenDaemonListDomains(conn, ids, maxids);
-        if (ret >= 0) return ret;
-    }
-
-    return -1;
+    return xenStoreListDomains(conn, ids, maxids);
 }
 
 static int
 xenUnifiedConnectNumOfDomains(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
-    xenUnifiedPrivatePtr priv = conn->privateData;
-    int ret;
-
-    /* Try xenstore. */
-    if (priv->opened[XEN_UNIFIED_XS_OFFSET]) {
-        ret = xenStoreNumOfDomains(conn);
-        if (ret >= 0) return ret;
-    }
-
-    /* Try HV. */
-    if (priv->opened[XEN_UNIFIED_HYPERVISOR_OFFSET]) {
-        ret = xenHypervisorNumOfDomains(conn);
-        if (ret >= 0) return ret;
-    }
-
-    /* Try xend. */
-    if (priv->opened[XEN_UNIFIED_XEND_OFFSET]) {
-        ret = xenDaemonNumOfDomains(conn);
-        if (ret >= 0) return ret;
-    }
-
-    return -1;
+    return xenStoreNumOfDomains(conn);
 }
 
 static virDomainPtr
diff --git a/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.c b/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.c
index c0bdf52f88..f6bce90bc5 100644
--- a/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.c
+++ b/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.c
@@ -2729,107 +2729,6 @@ xenHypervisorGetCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn)
 }
 
 
-/**
- * xenHypervisorNumOfDomains:
- * @conn: pointer to the connection block
- *
- * Provides the number of active domains.
- *
- * Returns the number of domain found or -1 in case of error
- */
-int
-xenHypervisorNumOfDomains(virConnectPtr conn)
-{
-    xen_getdomaininfolist dominfos;
-    int ret, nbids;
-    static int last_maxids = 2;
-    int maxids = last_maxids;
-    xenUnifiedPrivatePtr priv = conn->privateData;
-
- retry:
-    if (!(XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_ALLOC(dominfos, maxids))) {
-        virReportOOMError();
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_CLEAR(dominfos, maxids);
-
-    ret = virXen_getdomaininfolist(priv->handle, 0, maxids, &dominfos);
-
-    XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_FREE(dominfos);
-
-    if (ret < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    nbids = ret;
-    /* Can't possibly have more than 65,000 concurrent guests
-     * so limit how many times we try, to avoid increasing
-     * without bound & thus allocating all of system memory !
-     * XXX I'll regret this comment in a few years time ;-)
-     */
-    if (nbids == maxids) {
-        if (maxids < 65000) {
-            last_maxids *= 2;
-            maxids *= 2;
-            goto retry;
-        }
-        nbids = -1;
-    }
-    if ((nbids < 0) || (nbids > maxids))
-        return -1;
-    return nbids;
-}
-
-/**
- * xenHypervisorListDomains:
- * @conn: pointer to the connection block
- * @ids: array to collect the list of IDs of active domains
- * @maxids: size of @ids
- *
- * Collect the list of active domains, and store their ID in @maxids
- *
- * Returns the number of domain found or -1 in case of error
- */
-int
-xenHypervisorListDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int *ids, int maxids)
-{
-    xen_getdomaininfolist dominfos;
-    int ret, nbids, i;
-    xenUnifiedPrivatePtr priv = conn->privateData;
-
-    if (maxids == 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    if (!(XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_ALLOC(dominfos, maxids))) {
-        virReportOOMError();
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_CLEAR(dominfos, maxids);
-    memset(ids, 0, maxids * sizeof(int));
-
-    ret = virXen_getdomaininfolist(priv->handle, 0, maxids, &dominfos);
-
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_FREE(dominfos);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    nbids = ret;
-    if ((nbids < 0) || (nbids > maxids)) {
-        XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_FREE(dominfos);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    for (i = 0;i < nbids;i++) {
-        ids[i] = XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_DOMAIN(dominfos, i);
-    }
-
-    XEN_GETDOMAININFOLIST_FREE(dominfos);
-    return nbids;
-}
-
-
 char *
 xenHypervisorDomainGetOSType(virDomainPtr dom)
 {
diff --git a/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.h b/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.h
index 86dca882c8..949311db13 100644
--- a/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.h
+++ b/src/xen/xen_hypervisor.h
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ char *
 unsigned long
         xenHypervisorGetDomMaxMemory    (virConnectPtr conn,
                                          int id);
-int     xenHypervisorNumOfDomains       (virConnectPtr conn);
-int     xenHypervisorListDomains        (virConnectPtr conn,
-                                         int *ids,
-                                         int maxids);
 int     xenHypervisorGetMaxVcpus        (virConnectPtr conn,
                                          const char *type);
 int     xenHypervisorDestroyDomain      (virDomainPtr domain)
diff --git a/src/xen/xend_internal.c b/src/xen/xend_internal.c
index 4866b36d66..6cd5469ffc 100644
--- a/src/xen/xend_internal.c
+++ b/src/xen/xend_internal.c
@@ -1862,87 +1862,6 @@ xenDaemonNodeGetTopology(virConnectPtr conn, virCapsPtr caps)
 }
 
 
-/**
- * xenDaemonListDomains:
- * @conn: pointer to the hypervisor connection
- * @ids: array to collect the list of IDs of active domains
- * @maxids: size of @ids
- *
- * Collect the list of active domains, and store their ID in @maxids
- * TODO: this is quite expensive at the moment since there isn't one
- *       xend RPC providing both name and id for all domains.
- *
- * Returns the number of domain found or -1 in case of error
- */
-int
-xenDaemonListDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int *ids, int maxids)
-{
-    struct sexpr *root = NULL;
-    int ret = -1;
-    struct sexpr *_for_i, *node;
-    long id;
-
-    if (maxids == 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    root = sexpr_get(conn, "/xend/domain");
-    if (root == NULL)
-        goto error;
-
-    ret = 0;
-
-    /* coverity[copy_paste_error] */
-    for (_for_i = root, node = root->u.s.car; _for_i->kind == SEXPR_CONS;
-         _for_i = _for_i->u.s.cdr, node = _for_i->u.s.car) {
-        if (node->kind != SEXPR_VALUE)
-            continue;
-        id = xenDaemonDomainLookupByName_ids(conn, node->u.value, NULL);
-        if (id >= 0)
-            ids[ret++] = (int) id;
-        if (ret >= maxids)
-            break;
-    }
-
-error:
-    sexpr_free(root);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * xenDaemonNumOfDomains:
- * @conn: pointer to the hypervisor connection
- *
- * Provides the number of active domains.
- *
- * Returns the number of domain found or -1 in case of error
- */
-int
-xenDaemonNumOfDomains(virConnectPtr conn)
-{
-    struct sexpr *root = NULL;
-    int ret = -1;
-    struct sexpr *_for_i, *node;
-
-    root = sexpr_get(conn, "/xend/domain");
-    if (root == NULL)
-        goto error;
-
-    ret = 0;
-
-    /* coverity[copy_paste_error] */
-    for (_for_i = root, node = root->u.s.car; _for_i->kind == SEXPR_CONS;
-         _for_i = _for_i->u.s.cdr, node = _for_i->u.s.car) {
-        if (node->kind != SEXPR_VALUE)
-            continue;
-        ret++;
-    }
-
-error:
-    sexpr_free(root);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * xenDaemonLookupByID:
  * @conn: pointer to the hypervisor connection
diff --git a/src/xen/xend_internal.h b/src/xen/xend_internal.h
index 41d834196b..f6760a2f1c 100644
--- a/src/xen/xend_internal.h
+++ b/src/xen/xend_internal.h
@@ -161,7 +161,5 @@ int xenDaemonDomainMigratePrepare (virConnectPtr dconn, char **cookie, int *cook
 int xenDaemonDomainMigratePerform (virDomainPtr domain, const char *cookie, int cookielen, const char *uri, unsigned long flags, const char *dname, unsigned long resource);
 
 int xenDaemonDomainBlockPeek (virDomainPtr domain, const char *path, unsigned long long offset, size_t size, void *buffer);
-int xenDaemonListDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int *ids, int maxids);
-int xenDaemonNumOfDomains(virConnectPtr conn);
 
 #endif /* __XEND_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/src/xen/xs_internal.c b/src/xen/xs_internal.c
index eecdcae614..dbb4ae4eda 100644
--- a/src/xen/xs_internal.c
+++ b/src/xen/xs_internal.c
@@ -496,11 +496,6 @@ xenStoreNumOfDomains(virConnectPtr conn)
     long id;
     xenUnifiedPrivatePtr priv = conn->privateData;
 
-    if (priv->xshandle == NULL) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, __FUNCTION__);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     idlist = xs_directory(priv->xshandle, 0, "/local/domain", &num);
     if (idlist) {
         for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
@@ -542,9 +537,6 @@ xenStoreDoListDomains(virConnectPtr conn,
     int ret = -1;
     long id;
 
-    if (priv->xshandle == NULL)
-        goto out;
-
     idlist = xs_directory(priv->xshandle, 0, "/local/domain", &num);
     if (idlist == NULL)
         goto out;