diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index a054d5877fb8..8a3e804cf02f 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ stub_ss.add(files('ram-block.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('ramfb.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('replay.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('runstate-check.c'))
-stub_ss.add(files('set-fd-handler.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('sysbus.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('target-get-monitor-def.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('target-monitor-defs.c'))
diff --git a/stubs/set-fd-handler.c b/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
deleted file mode 100644
index bff7e0a45a65..000000000000
--- a/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
-
-void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
-                         IOHandler *fd_read,
-                         IOHandler *fd_write,
-                         void *opaque)
-{
-    abort();
-}