diff --git a/replay/replay-events.c b/replay/replay-events.c
index 707de3867b..0964a82838 100644
--- a/replay/replay-events.c
+++ b/replay/replay-events.c
@@ -94,18 +94,6 @@ void replay_disable_events(void)
     }
 }
 
-void replay_clear_events(void)
-{
-    g_assert(replay_mutex_locked());
-
-    while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&events_list)) {
-        Event *event = QTAILQ_FIRST(&events_list);
-        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&events_list, event, events);
-
-        g_free(event);
-    }
-}
-
 /*! Adds specified async event to the queue */
 void replay_add_event(ReplayAsyncEventKind event_kind,
                       void *opaque,
@@ -308,7 +296,7 @@ void replay_init_events(void)
 void replay_finish_events(void)
 {
     events_enabled = false;
-    replay_clear_events();
+    replay_flush_events();
 }
 
 bool replay_events_enabled(void)
diff --git a/replay/replay-internal.h b/replay/replay-internal.h
index ac4b27b674..9b0fd916a3 100644
--- a/replay/replay-internal.h
+++ b/replay/replay-internal.h
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ void replay_init_events(void);
 void replay_finish_events(void);
 /*! Flushes events queue */
 void replay_flush_events(void);
-/*! Clears events list before loading new VM state */
-void replay_clear_events(void);
 /*! Returns true if there are any unsaved events in the queue */
 bool replay_has_events(void);
 /*! Saves events from queue into the file */