diff --git a/src/watchlist.c b/src/watchlist.c
index c73169bc..899b983e 100644
--- a/src/watchlist.c
+++ b/src/watchlist.c
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ static void watchlist_item_free(struct watchlist *watchlist,
 		l_free(item);
 }
 
-struct watchlist *watchlist_new(const struct watchlist_ops *ops)
-{
-	struct watchlist *watchlist;
-
-	watchlist = l_new(struct watchlist, 1);
-	watchlist->items = l_queue_new();
-	watchlist->ops = ops;
-	return watchlist;
-}
-
 void watchlist_init(struct watchlist *watchlist,
 					const struct watchlist_ops *ops)
 {
@@ -137,13 +127,6 @@ void watchlist_destroy(struct watchlist *watchlist)
 	watchlist->items = NULL;
 }
 
-void watchlist_free(struct watchlist *watchlist)
-{
-	watchlist_clear(watchlist);
-	l_queue_destroy(watchlist->items, NULL);
-	l_free(watchlist);
-}
-
 void __watchlist_prune_stale(struct watchlist *watchlist)
 {
 	struct watchlist_item *item;
diff --git a/src/watchlist.h b/src/watchlist.h
index 7f5f557a..8ceedcef 100644
--- a/src/watchlist.h
+++ b/src/watchlist.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ struct watchlist {
 	const struct watchlist_ops *ops;
 };
 
-struct watchlist *watchlist_new(const struct watchlist_ops *ops);
 void watchlist_init(struct watchlist *watchlist,
 					const struct watchlist_ops *ops);
 unsigned int watchlist_add(struct watchlist *watchlist, void *notify,
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ unsigned int watchlist_link(struct watchlist *watchlist,
 					watchlist_item_destroy_func_t destroy);
 bool watchlist_remove(struct watchlist *watchlist, unsigned int id);
 void watchlist_destroy(struct watchlist *watchlist);
-void watchlist_free(struct watchlist *watchlist);
 
 void __watchlist_prune_stale(struct watchlist *watchlist);