diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 43c135984a..a201c9712a 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -880,24 +880,10 @@ const char *object_get_typename(const Object *obj);
  * type_register_static:
  * @info: The #TypeInfo of the new type.
  *
- * @info and all of the strings it points to should exist for the life time
- * that the type is registered.
- *
  * Returns: the new #Type.
  */
 Type type_register_static(const TypeInfo *info);
 
-/**
- * type_register:
- * @info: The #TypeInfo of the new type
- *
- * Unlike type_register_static(), this call does not require @info or its
- * string members to continue to exist after the call returns.
- *
- * Returns: the new #Type.
- */
-Type type_register(const TypeInfo *info);
-
 /**
  * type_register_static_array:
  * @infos: The array of the new type #TypeInfo structures.
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 9edc06d391..c7660f9a09 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -175,17 +175,12 @@ static TypeImpl *type_register_internal(const TypeInfo *info)
     return ti;
 }
 
-TypeImpl *type_register(const TypeInfo *info)
+TypeImpl *type_register_static(const TypeInfo *info)
 {
     assert(info->parent);
     return type_register_internal(info);
 }
 
-TypeImpl *type_register_static(const TypeInfo *info)
-{
-    return type_register(info);
-}
-
 void type_register_static_array(const TypeInfo *infos, int nr_infos)
 {
     int i;