diff --git a/include/monitor/hmp.h b/include/monitor/hmp.h
index d423f54f90..9bf46795bd 100644
--- a/include/monitor/hmp.h
+++ b/include/monitor/hmp.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ struct MonitorDef {
     int64_t (*get_value)(Monitor *mon, const MonitorDef *md, int offset);
 };
 
-const MonitorDef *target_monitor_defs(void);
-
 CPUArchState *mon_get_cpu_env(Monitor *mon);
 CPUState *mon_get_cpu(Monitor *mon);
 
diff --git a/monitor/hmp.c b/monitor/hmp.c
index ad8b0d1a72..cc4390486e 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp.c
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ static int get_monitor_def(Monitor *mon, int64_t *pval, const char *name)
     if (cs == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
-    md = cs->cc->sysemu_ops->monitor_defs ?: target_monitor_defs();
+    md = cs->cc->sysemu_ops->monitor_defs;
     if (md == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index 3489b1f20d..3b2f2680b1 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ if have_system
     stub_ss.add(files('igvm.c'))
   endif
   stub_ss.add(files('kvm.c'))
-  stub_ss.add(files('target-monitor-defs.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('win32-kbd-hook.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('xen-hw-stub.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('qmp-arm-gic.c'))
diff --git a/stubs/target-monitor-defs.c b/stubs/target-monitor-defs.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dd4cdb34f..0000000000
--- a/stubs/target-monitor-defs.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "monitor/hmp.h"
-
-const MonitorDef *target_monitor_defs(void)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}