diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 5832d52a8a..46b3128185 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ typedef struct QEMUPutMouseEntry QEMUPutMouseEntry;
 typedef struct QEMUPutKbdEntry QEMUPutKbdEntry;
 typedef struct QEMUPutLEDEntry QEMUPutLEDEntry;
 
-QEMUPutKbdEntry *qemu_add_kbd_event_handler(QEMUPutKBDEvent *func,
-                                            void *opaque);
 QEMUPutMouseEntry *qemu_add_mouse_event_handler(QEMUPutMouseEvent *func,
                                                 void *opaque, int absolute,
                                                 const char *name);
diff --git a/ui/input-legacy.c b/ui/input-legacy.c
index 210ae5eaca..ca4bccb411 100644
--- a/ui/input-legacy.c
+++ b/ui/input-legacy.c
@@ -109,43 +109,6 @@ void qmp_send_key(KeyValueList *keys, bool has_hold_time, int64_t hold_time,
     g_free(up);
 }
 
-static void legacy_kbd_event(DeviceState *dev, QemuConsole *src,
-                             InputEvent *evt)
-{
-    QEMUPutKbdEntry *entry = (QEMUPutKbdEntry *)dev;
-    int scancodes[3], i, count;
-    InputKeyEvent *key = evt->u.key.data;
-
-    if (!entry || !entry->put_kbd) {
-        return;
-    }
-    count = qemu_input_key_value_to_scancode(key->key,
-                                             key->down,
-                                             scancodes);
-    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-        entry->put_kbd(entry->opaque, scancodes[i]);
-    }
-}
-
-static const QemuInputHandler legacy_kbd_handler = {
-    .name  = "legacy-kbd",
-    .mask  = INPUT_EVENT_MASK_KEY,
-    .event = legacy_kbd_event,
-};
-
-QEMUPutKbdEntry *qemu_add_kbd_event_handler(QEMUPutKBDEvent *func, void *opaque)
-{
-    QEMUPutKbdEntry *entry;
-
-    entry = g_new0(QEMUPutKbdEntry, 1);
-    entry->put_kbd = func;
-    entry->opaque = opaque;
-    entry->s = qemu_input_handler_register((DeviceState *)entry,
-                                           &legacy_kbd_handler);
-    qemu_input_handler_activate(entry->s);
-    return entry;
-}
-
 static void legacy_mouse_event(DeviceState *dev, QemuConsole *src,
                                InputEvent *evt)
 {