diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
index 9be0724141..cb251b0344 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
@@ -2767,13 +2767,16 @@ virNWFilterDefParseFile(const char *filename)
 
 
 int
-virNWFilterSaveXML(const char *configDir,
-                   virNWFilterDefPtr def,
-                   const char *xml)
+virNWFilterSaveConfig(const char *configDir,
+                      virNWFilterDefPtr def)
 {
+    int ret = -1;
+    char *xml;
     char uuidstr[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
     char *configFile = NULL;
-    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (!(xml = virNWFilterDefFormat(def)))
+        goto cleanup;
 
     if (!(configFile = virFileBuildPath(configDir, def->name, ".xml")))
         goto cleanup;
@@ -2785,25 +2788,6 @@ virNWFilterSaveXML(const char *configDir,
 
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(configFile);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-int
-virNWFilterSaveConfig(const char *configDir,
-                      virNWFilterDefPtr def)
-{
-    int ret = -1;
-    char *xml;
-
-    if (!(xml = virNWFilterDefFormat(def)))
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (virNWFilterSaveXML(configDir, def, xml) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    ret = 0;
- cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(xml);
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.h b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.h
index 5cac2604a8..4bf5b7c0c4 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.h
@@ -580,11 +580,6 @@ virNWFilterDefParseNode(xmlDocPtr xml,
 char *
 virNWFilterDefFormat(const virNWFilterDef *def);
 
-int
-virNWFilterSaveXML(const char *configDir,
-                   virNWFilterDefPtr def,
-                   const char *xml);
-
 int
 virNWFilterSaveConfig(const char *configDir,
                       virNWFilterDefPtr def);