diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index 2d34cde..b1d5131 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -74,29 +74,6 @@
     return err->msg;
 }
 
-const char *error_get_field(Error *err, const char *field)
-{
-    if (strcmp(field, "class") == 0) {
-        return qdict_get_str(err->obj, field);
-    } else {
-        QDict *dict = qdict_get_qdict(err->obj, "data");
-        return qdict_get_str(dict, field);
-    }
-}
-
-QDict *error_get_data(Error *err)
-{
-    QDict *data = qdict_get_qdict(err->obj, "data");
-    QINCREF(data);
-    return data;
-}
-
-void error_set_field(Error *err, const char *field, const char *value)
-{
-    QDict *dict = qdict_get_qdict(err->obj, "data");
-    qdict_put(dict, field, qstring_from_str(value));
-}
-
 void error_free(Error *err)
 {
     if (err) {
@@ -106,31 +83,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-bool error_is_type(Error *err, ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt)
-{
-    const char *error_class;
-    char *ptr;
-    char *end;
-
-    if (!err) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    ptr = strstr(fmt, "'class': '");
-    assert(ptr != NULL);
-    ptr += strlen("'class': '");
-
-    end = strchr(ptr, '\'');
-    assert(end != NULL);
-
-    error_class = error_get_field(err, "class");
-    if (strlen(error_class) != end - ptr) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return strncmp(ptr, error_class, end - ptr) == 0;
-}
-
 void error_propagate(Error **dst_err, Error *local_err)
 {
     if (dst_err && !*dst_err) {
diff --git a/error.h b/error.h
index 114e24b..5336fc5 100644
--- a/error.h
+++ b/error.h
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@
 const char *error_get_pretty(Error *err);
 
 /**
- * Get an individual named error field.
- */
-const char *error_get_field(Error *err, const char *field);
-
-/**
- * Get an individual named error field.
- */
-void error_set_field(Error *err, const char *field, const char *value);
-
-/**
  * Propagate an error to an indirect pointer to an error.  This function will
  * always transfer ownership of the error reference and handles the case where
  * dst_err is NULL correctly.  Errors after the first are discarded.
@@ -72,10 +62,4 @@
  */
 void error_free(Error *err);
 
-/**
- * Determine if an error is of a speific type (based on the qerror format).
- * Non-QEMU users should get the `class' field to identify the error type.
- */
-bool error_is_type(Error *err, ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/error_int.h b/error_int.h
index 5e39424..4b00d08 100644
--- a/error_int.h
+++ b/error_int.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
  *
  * These are used to convert QErrors to Errors
  */
-QDict *error_get_data(Error *err);
 QObject *error_get_qobject(Error *err);
 void error_set_qobject(Error **errp, QObject *obj);