diff --git a/include/migration/qemu-file.h b/include/migration/qemu-file.h
index 6a66735..4ee40e4 100644
--- a/include/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/include/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-/* This function writes a chunk of data to a file at the given position.
- * The pos argument can be ignored if the file is only being used for
- * streaming.  The handler must write all of the data or return a negative
- * errno value.
- */
-typedef ssize_t (QEMUFilePutBufferFunc)(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf,
-                                        int64_t pos, size_t size);
-
 /* Read a chunk of data from a file at the given position.  The pos argument
  * can be ignored if the file is only be used for streaming.  The number of
  * bytes actually read should be returned.
@@ -110,7 +102,6 @@ typedef QEMUFile *(QEMURetPathFunc)(void *opaque);
 typedef int (QEMUFileShutdownFunc)(void *opaque, bool rd, bool wr);
 
 typedef struct QEMUFileOps {
-    QEMUFilePutBufferFunc *put_buffer;
     QEMUFileGetBufferFunc *get_buffer;
     QEMUFileCloseFunc *close;
     QEMUFileGetFD *get_fd;
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index cf743d1..6790040 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void qemu_file_set_error(QEMUFile *f, int ret)
 
 bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f)
 {
-    return f->ops->writev_buffer || f->ops->put_buffer;
+    return f->ops->writev_buffer;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -148,16 +148,9 @@ void qemu_fflush(QEMUFile *f)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (f->ops->writev_buffer) {
-        if (f->iovcnt > 0) {
-            expect = iov_size(f->iov, f->iovcnt);
-            ret = f->ops->writev_buffer(f->opaque, f->iov, f->iovcnt, f->pos);
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (f->buf_index > 0) {
-            expect = f->buf_index;
-            ret = f->ops->put_buffer(f->opaque, f->buf, f->pos, f->buf_index);
-        }
+    if (f->iovcnt > 0) {
+        expect = iov_size(f->iov, f->iovcnt);
+        ret = f->ops->writev_buffer(f->opaque, f->iov, f->iovcnt, f->pos);
     }
 
     if (ret >= 0) {
@@ -337,11 +330,6 @@ static void add_to_iovec(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size)
 
 void qemu_put_buffer_async(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size)
 {
-    if (!f->ops->writev_buffer) {
-        qemu_put_buffer(f, buf, size);
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (f->last_error) {
         return;
     }
@@ -365,9 +353,7 @@ void qemu_put_buffer(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size)
         }
         memcpy(f->buf + f->buf_index, buf, l);
         f->bytes_xfer += l;
-        if (f->ops->writev_buffer) {
-            add_to_iovec(f, f->buf + f->buf_index, l);
-        }
+        add_to_iovec(f, f->buf + f->buf_index, l);
         f->buf_index += l;
         if (f->buf_index == IO_BUF_SIZE) {
             qemu_fflush(f);
@@ -388,9 +374,7 @@ void qemu_put_byte(QEMUFile *f, int v)
 
     f->buf[f->buf_index] = v;
     f->bytes_xfer++;
-    if (f->ops->writev_buffer) {
-        add_to_iovec(f, f->buf + f->buf_index, 1);
-    }
+    add_to_iovec(f, f->buf + f->buf_index, 1);
     f->buf_index++;
     if (f->buf_index == IO_BUF_SIZE) {
         qemu_fflush(f);
@@ -554,12 +538,8 @@ int64_t qemu_ftell_fast(QEMUFile *f)
     int64_t ret = f->pos;
     int i;
 
-    if (f->ops->writev_buffer) {
-        for (i = 0; i < f->iovcnt; i++) {
-            ret += f->iov[i].iov_len;
-        }
-    } else {
-        ret += f->buf_index;
+    for (i = 0; i < f->iovcnt; i++) {
+        ret += f->iov[i].iov_len;
     }
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 8b8ffe8..b609a6b 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -160,13 +160,6 @@ static ssize_t block_writev_buffer(void *opaque, struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt,
     return qiov.size;
 }
 
-static ssize_t block_put_buffer(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf,
-                                int64_t pos, size_t size)
-{
-    bdrv_save_vmstate(opaque, buf, pos, size);
-    return size;
-}
-
 static ssize_t block_get_buffer(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos,
                                 size_t size)
 {
@@ -184,7 +177,6 @@ static const QEMUFileOps bdrv_read_ops = {
 };
 
 static const QEMUFileOps bdrv_write_ops = {
-    .put_buffer     = block_put_buffer,
     .writev_buffer  = block_writev_buffer,
     .close          = bdrv_fclose
 };
