diff --git a/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.c b/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.c
index 6982ba3c7790..95be94a21cc3 100644
--- a/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.c
+++ b/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.c
@@ -123,30 +123,6 @@ vm_destroy(struct vmctx *vm)
 	free(vm);
 }
 
-size_t
-vmm_get_mem_total(void)
-{
-	size_t mem_total = 0;
-	size_t oldlen = sizeof(mem_total);
-	int error;
-	error = sysctlbyname("hw.vmm.mem_total", &mem_total, &oldlen, NULL, 0);
-	if (error)
-		return -1;
-	return mem_total;
-}
-
-size_t
-vmm_get_mem_free(void)
-{
-	size_t mem_free = 0;
-	size_t oldlen = sizeof(mem_free);
-	int error;
-	error = sysctlbyname("hw.vmm.mem_free", &mem_free, &oldlen, NULL, 0);
-	if (error)
-		return -1;
-	return mem_free;
-}
-
 int
 vm_get_memory_seg(struct vmctx *ctx, vm_paddr_t gpa, size_t *ret_len)
 {
diff --git a/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.h b/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.h
index f066c501e068..441e75f9d8d1 100644
--- a/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.h
+++ b/lib/libvmmapi/vmmapi.h
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ enum vm_mmap_style {
 int	vm_create(const char *name);
 struct vmctx *vm_open(const char *name);
 void	vm_destroy(struct vmctx *ctx);
-size_t	vmm_get_mem_total(void);
-size_t	vmm_get_mem_free(void);
 int	vm_get_memory_seg(struct vmctx *ctx, vm_paddr_t gpa, size_t *ret_len);
 int	vm_setup_memory(struct vmctx *ctx, size_t len, enum vm_mmap_style s);
 void	*vm_map_gpa(struct vmctx *ctx, vm_paddr_t gaddr, size_t len);