diff --git a/hw/core/cpu.c b/hw/core/cpu.c
index 00330ba07de..3110867c3a3 100644
--- a/hw/core/cpu.c
+++ b/hw/core/cpu.c
@@ -261,11 +261,6 @@ static void cpu_common_reset(DeviceState *dev)
}
}
-static bool cpu_common_has_work(CPUState *cs)
-{
- return false;
-}
-
ObjectClass *cpu_class_by_name(const char *typename, const char *cpu_model)
{
CPUClass *cc = CPU_CLASS(object_class_by_name(typename));
@@ -397,7 +392,6 @@ static void cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
k->parse_features = cpu_common_parse_features;
k->get_arch_id = cpu_common_get_arch_id;
- k->has_work = cpu_common_has_work;
k->get_paging_enabled = cpu_common_get_paging_enabled;
k->get_memory_mapping = cpu_common_get_memory_mapping;
k->write_elf32_qemunote = cpu_common_write_elf32_qemunote;