diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index b0fee37e05..63392f5e78 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if have_user
     stub_ss.add(files('qdev.c'))
   endif
 
-  stub_ss.add(files('monitor-fd.c'))
+  stub_ss.add(files('monitor-internal.c'))
 endif
 
 if have_system
diff --git a/stubs/monitor-fd.c b/stubs/monitor-fd.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bb6749885..0000000000
--- a/stubs/monitor-fd.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
-
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "monitor/monitor.h"
-
-int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
-{
-    abort();
-}