diff --git a/include/hw/sd/sdcard_legacy.h b/include/hw/sd/sdcard_legacy.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dc38895551..00000000000
--- a/include/hw/sd/sdcard_legacy.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SD Memory Card emulation (deprecated legacy API)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Andrzej Zaborowski  <balrog@zabor.org>
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- * are met:
- *
- * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *    distribution.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''
- * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
- * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
- * PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR
- * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
- * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
- * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
- * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY
- * OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-#ifndef HW_SDCARD_LEGACY_H
-#define HW_SDCARD_LEGACY_H
-
-#include "hw/sd/sd.h"
-
-/* Legacy functions to be used only by non-qdevified callers */
-SDState *sd_init(BlockBackend *blk, bool is_spi);
-int sd_do_command(SDState *card, SDRequest *request, uint8_t *response);
-void sd_write_byte(SDState *card, uint8_t value);
-uint8_t sd_read_byte(SDState *card);
-void sd_set_cb(SDState *card, qemu_irq readonly, qemu_irq insert);
-
-/* sd_enable should not be used -- it is only used on the nseries boards,
- * where it is part of a broken implementation of the MMC card slot switch
- * (there should be two card slots which are multiplexed to a single MMC
- * controller, but instead we model it with one card and controller and
- * disable the card when the second slot is selected, so it looks like the
- * second slot is always empty).
- */
-void sd_enable(SDState *card, bool enable);
-
-#endif /* HW_SDCARD_LEGACY_H */
diff --git a/hw/sd/omap_mmc.c b/hw/sd/omap_mmc.c
index c1598135f44..d31456ad236 100644
--- a/hw/sd/omap_mmc.c
+++ b/hw/sd/omap_mmc.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/arm/omap.h"
-#include "hw/sd/sdcard_legacy.h"
+#include "hw/sd/sd.h"
 
 typedef struct OMAPMMCState {
     SysBusDevice parent_obj;
diff --git a/hw/sd/sd.c b/hw/sd/sd.c
index f781fd1641d..74bb7f39bbf 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sd.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sd.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "hw/registerfields.h"
 #include "system/block-backend.h"
 #include "hw/sd/sd.h"
-#include "hw/sd/sdcard_legacy.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/bitmap.h"
@@ -120,10 +119,6 @@ typedef struct SDProto {
 struct SDState {
     DeviceState parent_obj;
 
-    /* If true, created by sd_init() for a non-qdevified caller */
-    /* TODO purge them with fire */
-    bool me_no_qdev_me_kill_mammoth_with_rocks;
-
     /* SD Memory Card Registers */
     uint32_t ocr;
     uint8_t scr[8];
@@ -177,8 +172,6 @@ struct SDState {
     uint32_t data_offset;
     size_t data_size;
     uint8_t data[512];
-    qemu_irq readonly_cb;
-    qemu_irq inserted_cb;
     QEMUTimer *ocr_power_timer;
     bool enable;
     uint8_t dat_lines;
@@ -892,17 +885,10 @@ static void sd_cardchange(void *opaque, bool load, Error **errp)
         trace_sdcard_ejected();
     }
 
-    if (sd->me_no_qdev_me_kill_mammoth_with_rocks) {
-        qemu_set_irq(sd->inserted_cb, inserted);
-        if (inserted) {
-            qemu_set_irq(sd->readonly_cb, readonly);
-        }
-    } else {
-        sdbus = SD_BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev));
-        sdbus_set_inserted(sdbus, inserted);
-        if (inserted) {
-            sdbus_set_readonly(sdbus, readonly);
-        }
+    sdbus = SD_BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev));
+    sdbus_set_inserted(sdbus, inserted);
+    if (inserted) {
+        sdbus_set_readonly(sdbus, readonly);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1000,48 +986,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription sd_vmstate = {
     },
 };
 
-/* Legacy initialization function for use by non-qdevified callers */
-SDState *sd_init(BlockBackend *blk, bool is_spi)
-{
-    Object *obj;
-    DeviceState *dev;
-    SDState *sd;
-    Error *err = NULL;
-
-    obj = object_new(is_spi ? TYPE_SD_CARD_SPI : TYPE_SD_CARD);
-    dev = DEVICE(obj);
-    if (!qdev_prop_set_drive_err(dev, "drive", blk, &err)) {
-        error_reportf_err(err, "sd_init failed: ");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Realizing the device properly would put it into the QOM
-     * composition tree even though it is not plugged into an
-     * appropriate bus.  That's a no-no.  Hide the device from
-     * QOM/qdev, and call its qdev realize callback directly.
-     */
-    object_ref(obj);
-    object_unparent(obj);
-    sd_realize(dev, &err);
-    if (err) {
-        error_reportf_err(err, "sd_init failed: ");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    sd = SD_CARD(dev);
-    sd->me_no_qdev_me_kill_mammoth_with_rocks = true;
-    return sd;
-}
-
-void sd_set_cb(SDState *sd, qemu_irq readonly, qemu_irq insert)
-{
-    sd->readonly_cb = readonly;
-    sd->inserted_cb = insert;
-    qemu_set_irq(readonly, sd->blk ? !blk_is_writable(sd->blk) : 0);
-    qemu_set_irq(insert, sd->blk ? blk_is_inserted(sd->blk) : 0);
-}
-
 static void sd_blk_read(SDState *sd, uint64_t addr, uint32_t len)
 {
     trace_sdcard_read_block(addr, len);
@@ -2196,8 +2140,8 @@ static bool cmd_valid_while_locked(SDState *sd, unsigned cmd)
     return cmd_class == 0 || cmd_class == 7;
 }
 
-int sd_do_command(SDState *sd, SDRequest *req,
-                  uint8_t *response) {
+static int sd_do_command(SDState *sd, SDRequest *req,
+                         uint8_t *response) {
     int last_state;
     sd_rsp_type_t rtype;
     int rsplen;
@@ -2349,7 +2293,7 @@ static bool sd_generic_read_byte(SDState *sd, uint8_t *value)
     return false;
 }
 
-void sd_write_byte(SDState *sd, uint8_t value)
+static void sd_write_byte(SDState *sd, uint8_t value)
 {
     int i;
 
@@ -2478,7 +2422,7 @@ void sd_write_byte(SDState *sd, uint8_t value)
     }
 }
 
-uint8_t sd_read_byte(SDState *sd)
+static uint8_t sd_read_byte(SDState *sd)
 {
     /* TODO: Append CRCs */
     const uint8_t dummy_byte = 0x00;
@@ -2561,11 +2505,6 @@ static bool sd_data_ready(SDState *sd)
     return sd->state == sd_sendingdata_state;
 }
 
-void sd_enable(SDState *sd, bool enable)
-{
-    sd->enable = enable;
-}
-
 static const SDProto sd_proto_spi = {
     .name = "SPI",
     .cmd = {
