diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 03fdf7e73..485d81100 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 //#define DEBUG_SUBPAGE
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
-int phys_ram_fd;
 static int in_migration;
 
 RAMList ram_list = { .blocks = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(ram_list.blocks) };
diff --git a/include/exec/cpu-all.h b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
index 35bdf858f..e791c05c4 100644
--- a/include/exec/cpu-all.h
+++ b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ hwaddr cpu_get_phys_page_debug(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr);
 
 /* memory API */
 
-extern int phys_ram_fd;
 extern ram_addr_t ram_size;
 
 /* RAM is pre-allocated and passed into qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr */