diff --git a/arch/arm/src/qemu/Make.defs b/arch/arm/src/qemu/Make.defs
index 3f2420d3c5..7ba6e1a0dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/qemu/Make.defs
+++ b/arch/arm/src/qemu/Make.defs
@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@ include armv7-a/Make.defs
 
 # qemu-specific C source files
 CHIP_CSRCS  = qemu_boot.c qemu_serial.c qemu_irq.c qemu_timer.c qemu_memorymap.c
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_DRIVERS_VIRTIO_NET),y)
-CHIP_CSRCS += qemu_net.c
-endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_net.c b/arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_net.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a8cd3a509c..0000000000
--- a/arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_net.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
- * arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_net.c
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
- * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
- * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Included Files
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-#include <nuttx/virtio/virtio-mmio.h>
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Public Functions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-void arm_netinitialize(void)
-{
-  virtio_mmio_init();
-}