diff --git a/hw/scsi/esp.c b/hw/scsi/esp.c
index 9ed9727744..630d923623 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/esp.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/esp.c
@@ -619,36 +619,6 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps sysbus_esp_mem_ops = {
     .valid.accepts = esp_mem_accepts,
 };
 
-ESPState *esp_init(hwaddr espaddr, int it_shift,
-                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_read,
-                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_write,
-                   void *dma_opaque, qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq *reset,
-                   qemu_irq *dma_enable)
-{
-    DeviceState *dev;
-    SysBusDevice *s;
-    SysBusESPState *sysbus;
-    ESPState *esp;
-
-    dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_ESP);
-    sysbus = ESP_STATE(dev);
-    esp = &sysbus->esp;
-    esp->dma_memory_read = dma_memory_read;
-    esp->dma_memory_write = dma_memory_write;
-    esp->dma_opaque = dma_opaque;
-    sysbus->it_shift = it_shift;
-    /* XXX for now until rc4030 has been changed to use DMA enable signal */
-    esp->dma_enabled = 1;
-    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
-    s = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
-    sysbus_connect_irq(s, 0, irq);
-    sysbus_mmio_map(s, 0, espaddr);
-    *reset = qdev_get_gpio_in(dev, 0);
-    *dma_enable = qdev_get_gpio_in(dev, 1);
-
-    return esp;
-}
-
 static const struct SCSIBusInfo esp_scsi_info = {
     .tcq = false,
     .max_target = ESP_MAX_DEVS,
diff --git a/include/hw/scsi/esp.h b/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
index 93fdaced67..682a0d2de0 100644
--- a/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
+++ b/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ typedef struct {
 #define TCHI_FAS100A 0x4
 #define TCHI_AM53C974 0x12
 
-ESPState *esp_init(hwaddr espaddr, int it_shift,
-                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_read,
-                   ESPDMAMemoryReadWriteFunc dma_memory_write,
-                   void *dma_opaque, qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq *reset,
-                   qemu_irq *dma_enable);
 void esp_dma_enable(ESPState *s, int irq, int level);
 void esp_request_cancelled(SCSIRequest *req);
 void esp_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status, size_t resid);