diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 132044f8a2..13e5dc9792 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -3352,15 +3352,6 @@ void virDomainDeviceInfoClear(virDomainDeviceInfoPtr info)
 }
 
 
-static int virDomainDeviceInfoClearAlias(virDomainDefPtr def ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                         virDomainDeviceDefPtr device ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                         virDomainDeviceInfoPtr info,
-                                         void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    VIR_FREE(info->alias);
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 virDomainDeviceInfoIterateInternal(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                    virDomainDeviceInfoCallback cb,
@@ -4729,12 +4720,6 @@ virDomainDefValidate(virDomainDefPtr def,
 }
 
 
-void virDomainDefClearDeviceAliases(virDomainDefPtr def)
-{
-    virDomainDeviceInfoIterate(def, virDomainDeviceInfoClearAlias, NULL);
-}
-
-
 /* Generate a string representation of a device address
  * @info address Device address to stringify
  */
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index ac32468e06..3c2f18231f 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2534,7 +2534,6 @@ virDomainDeviceInfoPtr virDomainDeviceGetInfo(virDomainDeviceDefPtr device);
 int virDomainDeviceInfoCopy(virDomainDeviceInfoPtr dst,
                             virDomainDeviceInfoPtr src);
 void virDomainDeviceInfoClear(virDomainDeviceInfoPtr info);
-void virDomainDefClearDeviceAliases(virDomainDefPtr def);
 void virDomainTPMDefFree(virDomainTPMDefPtr def);
 
 typedef int (*virDomainDeviceInfoCallback)(virDomainDefPtr def,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 6693eed4d2..cbc408f784 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ virDomainDefAddController;
 virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices;
 virDomainDefAddUSBController;
 virDomainDefCheckABIStability;
-virDomainDefClearDeviceAliases;
 virDomainDefCompatibleDevice;
 virDomainDefCopy;
 virDomainDefFindDevice;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index c7639c1bb8..8e1b8961b6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5687,8 +5687,6 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virStringFreeList(priv->qemuDevices);
     priv->qemuDevices = NULL;
 
-    virDomainDefClearDeviceAliases(vm->def);
-
     qemuHostdevReAttachDomainDevices(driver, vm->def);
 
     def = vm->def;