diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index a60a1837c783..22ddebf92a80 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -933,12 +933,6 @@ void error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(Error **errp, int ret, DeviceState *dev,
     }
 }
 
-void qdev_prop_parse(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, const char *value,
-                     Error **errp)
-{
-    object_property_parse(OBJECT(dev), value, name, errp);
-}
-
 void qdev_prop_set_bit(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, bool value)
 {
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), value, name, &error_abort);
@@ -1031,7 +1025,7 @@ void qdev_prop_set_globals_for_type(DeviceState *dev, const char *typename,
         if (strcmp(typename, prop->driver) != 0) {
             continue;
         }
-        qdev_prop_parse(dev, prop->property, prop->value, &err);
+        object_property_parse(OBJECT(dev), prop->value, prop->property, &err);
         if (err != NULL) {
             error_propagate(errp, err);
             return;
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index 77c6f7c03799..4651459af0f3 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ extern PropertyInfo qdev_prop_arraylen;
 
 /* Set properties between creation and init.  */
 void *qdev_get_prop_ptr(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop);
-void qdev_prop_parse(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, const char *value,
-                     Error **errp);
 void qdev_prop_set_bit(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, bool value);
 void qdev_prop_set_uint8(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint8_t value);
 void qdev_prop_set_uint16(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint16_t value);
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index 1d3b68d40a79..4d1634cd5f0d 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void qdev_print_devinfos(bool show_no_user)
 
 static int set_property(const char *name, const char *value, void *opaque)
 {
-    DeviceState *dev = opaque;
+    Object *obj = opaque;
     Error *err = NULL;
 
     if (strcmp(name, "driver") == 0)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int set_property(const char *name, const char *value, void *opaque)
     if (strcmp(name, "bus") == 0)
         return 0;
 
-    qdev_prop_parse(dev, name, value, &err);
+    object_property_parse(obj, value, name, &err);
     if (err != NULL) {
         qerror_report_err(err);
         error_free(err);