diff --git a/hw/core/loader.c b/hw/core/loader.c
index 39bd8f9e4d..31593a1171 100644
--- a/hw/core/loader.c
+++ b/hw/core/loader.c
@@ -845,19 +845,6 @@ ssize_t load_image_gzipped_buffer(const char *filename, uint64_t max_sz,
     return ret;
 }
 
-/* Load a gzip-compressed kernel. */
-ssize_t load_image_gzipped(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, uint64_t max_sz)
-{
-    ssize_t bytes;
-    uint8_t *data;
-
-    bytes = load_image_gzipped_buffer(filename, max_sz, &data);
-    if (bytes != -1) {
-        rom_add_blob_fixed(filename, data, bytes, addr);
-        g_free(data);
-    }
-    return bytes;
-}
 
 /* The PE/COFF MS-DOS stub magic number */
 #define EFI_PE_MSDOS_MAGIC        "MZ"
diff --git a/include/hw/loader.h b/include/hw/loader.h
index 9844c5e3cf..7f6d06b956 100644
--- a/include/hw/loader.h
+++ b/include/hw/loader.h
@@ -77,15 +77,13 @@ ssize_t load_image_targphys(const char *filename, hwaddr,
 ssize_t load_image_mr(const char *filename, MemoryRegion *mr);
 
 /* This is the limit on the maximum uncompressed image size that
- * load_image_gzipped_buffer() and load_image_gzipped() will read. It prevents
+ * load_image_gzipped_buffer() will read. It prevents
  * g_malloc() in those functions from allocating a huge amount of memory.
  */
 #define LOAD_IMAGE_MAX_GUNZIP_BYTES (256 << 20)
 
 ssize_t load_image_gzipped_buffer(const char *filename, uint64_t max_sz,
                                   uint8_t **buffer);
-ssize_t load_image_gzipped(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, uint64_t max_sz);
-
 /**
  * unpack_efi_zboot_image:
  * @buffer: pointer to a variable holding the address of a buffer containing the