diff --git a/hw/hw.h b/hw/hw.h
index 328b704fd8..2d397243d1 100644
--- a/hw/hw.h
+++ b/hw/hw.h
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ struct VMStateDescription {
     int (*pre_load)(void *opaque);
     int (*post_load)(void *opaque, int version_id);
     void (*pre_save)(void *opaque);
-    void (*post_save)(void *opaque);
     VMStateField *fields;
 };
 
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 31a419c1c4..74e553c53d 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -1231,9 +1231,6 @@ void vmstate_save_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
         }
         field++;
     }
-    if (vmsd->post_save) {
-        vmsd->post_save(opaque);
-    }
 }
 
 static int vmstate_load(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se, int version_id)