diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index b3ecd6dce3..6cf8ed58d5 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -3711,14 +3711,3 @@ static void virt_machine_4_2_options(MachineClass *mc)
     vmc->kvm_no_adjvtime = true;
 }
 DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE(4, 2)
-
-static void virt_machine_4_1_options(MachineClass *mc)
-{
-    VirtMachineClass *vmc = VIRT_MACHINE_CLASS(OBJECT_CLASS(mc));
-
-    virt_machine_4_2_options(mc);
-    compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, hw_compat_4_1, hw_compat_4_1_len);
-    vmc->no_ged = true;
-    mc->auto_enable_numa_with_memhp = false;
-}
-DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE(4, 1)