diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 7b647525b3..22f05222db 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -2730,37 +2730,6 @@ qemuMonitorMigrateToHost(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
-int
-qemuMonitorMigrateToCommand(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                            unsigned int flags,
-                            const char * const *argv)
-{
-    char *argstr;
-    char *dest = NULL;
-    int ret = -1;
-    VIR_DEBUG("argv=%p flags=0x%x", argv, flags);
-
-    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
-
-    argstr = virArgvToString(argv);
-    if (!argstr)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (virAsprintf(&dest, "exec:%s", argstr) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (mon->json)
-        ret = qemuMonitorJSONMigrate(mon, flags, dest);
-    else
-        ret = qemuMonitorTextMigrate(mon, flags, dest);
-
- cleanup:
-    VIR_FREE(argstr);
-    VIR_FREE(dest);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 int
 qemuMonitorMigrateCancel(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index d04148e568..9556a51341 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -784,10 +784,6 @@ int qemuMonitorMigrateToHost(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                              const char *hostname,
                              int port);
 
-int qemuMonitorMigrateToCommand(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                                unsigned int flags,
-                                const char * const *argv);
-
 int qemuMonitorMigrateCancel(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 
 int qemuMonitorGetDumpGuestMemoryCapability(qemuMonitorPtr mon,