diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index fa10e63ead..83bb0f6fd6 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2114,7 +2114,6 @@ dnsmasqAddDhcpHost;
 dnsmasqAddHost;
 dnsmasqCapsGet;
 dnsmasqCapsGetBinaryPath;
-dnsmasqCapsGetVersion;
 dnsmasqCapsNewFromBinary;
 dnsmasqCapsNewFromBuffer;
 dnsmasqContextFree;
diff --git a/src/util/virdnsmasq.c b/src/util/virdnsmasq.c
index c8620b6e8d..3c2dcbda1d 100644
--- a/src/util/virdnsmasq.c
+++ b/src/util/virdnsmasq.c
@@ -758,15 +758,6 @@ dnsmasqCapsGetBinaryPath(dnsmasqCaps *caps)
     return caps ? caps->binaryPath : DNSMASQ;
 }
 
-unsigned long
-dnsmasqCapsGetVersion(dnsmasqCaps *caps)
-{
-    if (caps)
-        return caps->version;
-    else
-        return 0;
-}
-
 bool
 dnsmasqCapsGet(dnsmasqCaps *caps, dnsmasqCapsFlags flag)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virdnsmasq.h b/src/util/virdnsmasq.h
index 9aa45c3046..10b512cff4 100644
--- a/src/util/virdnsmasq.h
+++ b/src/util/virdnsmasq.h
@@ -99,6 +99,5 @@ dnsmasqCaps *dnsmasqCapsNewFromBuffer(const char *buf);
 dnsmasqCaps *dnsmasqCapsNewFromBinary(void);
 bool dnsmasqCapsGet(dnsmasqCaps *caps, dnsmasqCapsFlags flag);
 const char *dnsmasqCapsGetBinaryPath(dnsmasqCaps *caps);
-unsigned long dnsmasqCapsGetVersion(dnsmasqCaps *caps);
 char *dnsmasqDhcpHostsToString(dnsmasqDhcpHost *hosts,
                                unsigned int nhosts);