diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.c b/src/conf/capabilities.c
index 8bddbf79c3..56768ce6e0 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.c
@@ -404,25 +404,6 @@ virCapabilitiesAllocMachines(const char *const *names,
     return machines;
 }
 
-/**
- * virCapabilitiesFreeMachines:
- * @machines: table of vircapsGuestMachinePtr
- *
- * Free a table of virCapsGuestMachine *
- */
-void
-virCapabilitiesFreeMachines(virCapsGuestMachine **machines,
-                            int nmachines)
-{
-    size_t i;
-    if (!machines)
-        return;
-    for (i = 0; i < nmachines && machines[i]; i++) {
-        g_clear_pointer(&machines[i], virCapabilitiesFreeGuestMachine);
-    }
-    g_free(machines);
-}
-
 /**
  * virCapabilitiesAddGuest:
  * @caps: capabilities to extend
diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.h b/src/conf/capabilities.h
index 07f7a3ef58..c78e3e52fa 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.h
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.h
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ virCapabilitiesHostNUMAAddCell(virCapsHostNUMA *caps,
 virCapsGuestMachine **
 virCapabilitiesAllocMachines(const char *const *names,
                              int *nnames);
-void
-virCapabilitiesFreeMachines(virCapsGuestMachine **machines,
-                            int nmachines);
 
 void
 virCapabilitiesFreeGuest(virCapsGuest *guest);
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 2cd975a8a4..e37373c3c9 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ virCapabilitiesDomainDataLookup;
 virCapabilitiesDomainSupported;
 virCapabilitiesFormatXML;
 virCapabilitiesFreeGuest;
-virCapabilitiesFreeMachines;
 virCapabilitiesGetNodeInfo;
 virCapabilitiesHostInitIOMMU;
 virCapabilitiesHostNUMAAddCell;