diff --git a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
index b9b4427c91..68cd33ba97 100644
--- a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ void kvm_flush_coalesced_mmio_buffer(void)
 {
 }
 
-void kvm_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-}
-
 bool kvm_has_sync_mmu(void)
 {
     return false;