diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index 641ab703cc015daee3f723c75d243aebd2b9ffb5..efa5f11033d371378ca0e21e579cc0d4813540bf 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -632,13 +632,6 @@ uint64_t qemu_file_transferred_noflush(QEMUFile *f)
     return ret;
 }
 
-uint64_t qemu_file_transferred(QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    g_assert(qemu_file_is_writable(f));
-    qemu_fflush(f);
-    return stat64_get(&mig_stats.qemu_file_transferred);
-}
-
 void qemu_put_be16(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v)
 {
     qemu_put_byte(f, v >> 8);
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.h b/migration/qemu-file.h
index a29c37b0d0cce481f850ecf6ba2cbc4f8178ff1d..8b71152754c0b380b08c7fdab785da96b66d9fa7 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -33,24 +33,6 @@ QEMUFile *qemu_file_new_input(QIOChannel *ioc);
 QEMUFile *qemu_file_new_output(QIOChannel *ioc);
 int qemu_fclose(QEMUFile *f);
 
-/*
- * qemu_file_transferred:
- *
- * Report the total number of bytes transferred with
- * this file.
- *
- * For writable files, any pending buffers will be
- * flushed, so the reported value will be equal to
- * the number of bytes transferred on the wire.
- *
- * For readable files, the reported value will be
- * equal to the number of bytes transferred on the
- * wire.
- *
- * Returns: the total bytes transferred
- */
-uint64_t qemu_file_transferred(QEMUFile *f);
-
 /*
  * qemu_file_transferred_noflush:
  *