diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
index a5b558b9ab..8303567aed 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ qemuBlockJobDataNew(qemuBlockJobType type,
  * xml (if @savestatus is true).
  *
  * Note that if @job also references a separate chain e.g. for disk mirroring,
- * then qemuBlockJobDiskRegisterMirror should be used separately.
+ * then job->mirrorchain needs to be set manually.
  */
 int
 qemuBlockJobRegister(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job,
@@ -274,24 +274,6 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskNewCommit(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 }
 
 
-/**
- * qemuBlockJobDiskRegisterMirror:
- * @job: block job to register 'mirror' chain on
- *
- * In cases when the disk->mirror attribute references a separate storage chain
- * such as for block-copy, this function registers it with the job. Note
- * that this function does not save the status XML and thus must be used before
- * qemuBlockJobRegister or qemuBlockJobStarted to properly track the chain
- * in the status XML.
- */
-void
-qemuBlockJobDiskRegisterMirror(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job)
-{
-    if (job->disk)
-        job->mirrorChain = virObjectRef(job->disk->mirror);
-}
-
-
 /**
  * qemuBlockJobDiskGetJob:
  * @disk: disk definition
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
index 8139a1a324..5b740db5a8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskNew(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                     const char *jobname)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(4);
 
-void
-qemuBlockJobDiskRegisterMirror(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
-
 qemuBlockJobDataPtr
 qemuBlockJobDiskNewPull(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                         virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index ddab76d3af..5b79fc46a3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2976,7 +2976,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobData(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     job->disk = disk;
 
     if (mirror)
-        qemuBlockJobDiskRegisterMirror(job);
+        job->mirrorChain = virObjectRef(job->disk->mirror);
 
     qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobDataSpecific(job, ctxt);