diff --git a/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst b/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst
index ee43f5dfee..568274baec 100644
--- a/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst
@@ -24,16 +24,12 @@ potentially unaligned pointer values.
 
 Function names follow the pattern:
 
-load: ``ld{type}{sign}{size}_{endian}_p(ptr)``
+load: ``ld{sign}{size}_{endian}_p(ptr)``
 
-store: ``st{type}{size}_{endian}_p(ptr, val)``
-
-``type``
- - (empty) : integer access
- - ``f`` : float access
+store: ``st{size}_{endian}_p(ptr, val)``
 
 ``sign``
- - (empty) : for 32 or 64 bit sizes (including floats and doubles)
+ - (empty) : for 32 or 64 bit sizes
  - ``u`` : unsigned
  - ``s`` : signed
 
@@ -67,8 +63,8 @@ of size ``sz`` bytes.
 
 
 Regexes for git grep
- - ``\<ldf\?[us]\?[bwlq]\(_[hbl]e\)\?_p\>``
- - ``\<stf\?[bwlq]\(_[hbl]e\)\?_p\>``
+ - ``\<ld[us]\?[bwlq]\(_[hbl]e\)\?_p\>``
+ - ``\<st[bwlq]\(_[hbl]e\)\?_p\>``
  - ``\<ldn_\([hbl]e\)?_p\>``
  - ``\<stn_\([hbl]e\)?_p\>``
 
diff --git a/include/exec/cpu-all.h b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
index cfb1d79331..babf0a8959 100644
--- a/include/exec/cpu-all.h
+++ b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
@@ -125,13 +125,9 @@ static inline void tswap64s(uint64_t *s)
 #define ldsw_p(p) ldsw_be_p(p)
 #define ldl_p(p) ldl_be_p(p)
 #define ldq_p(p) ldq_be_p(p)
-#define ldfl_p(p) ldfl_be_p(p)
-#define ldfq_p(p) ldfq_be_p(p)
 #define stw_p(p, v) stw_be_p(p, v)
 #define stl_p(p, v) stl_be_p(p, v)
 #define stq_p(p, v) stq_be_p(p, v)
-#define stfl_p(p, v) stfl_be_p(p, v)
-#define stfq_p(p, v) stfq_be_p(p, v)
 #define ldn_p(p, sz) ldn_be_p(p, sz)
 #define stn_p(p, sz, v) stn_be_p(p, sz, v)
 #else
@@ -139,13 +135,9 @@ static inline void tswap64s(uint64_t *s)
 #define ldsw_p(p) ldsw_le_p(p)
 #define ldl_p(p) ldl_le_p(p)
 #define ldq_p(p) ldq_le_p(p)
-#define ldfl_p(p) ldfl_le_p(p)
-#define ldfq_p(p) ldfq_le_p(p)
 #define stw_p(p, v) stw_le_p(p, v)
 #define stl_p(p, v) stl_le_p(p, v)
 #define stq_p(p, v) stq_le_p(p, v)
-#define stfl_p(p, v) stfl_le_p(p, v)
-#define stfq_p(p, v) stfq_le_p(p, v)
 #define ldn_p(p, sz) ldn_le_p(p, sz)
 #define stn_p(p, sz, v) stn_le_p(p, sz, v)
 #endif
diff --git a/include/qemu/bswap.h b/include/qemu/bswap.h
index 8b01c38040..4aaf992b5d 100644
--- a/include/qemu/bswap.h
+++ b/include/qemu/bswap.h
@@ -400,36 +400,6 @@ static inline void stq_le_p(void *ptr, uint64_t v)
     stq_he_p(ptr, le_bswap(v, 64));
 }
 
-/* float access */
-
-static inline float32 ldfl_le_p(const void *ptr)
-{
-    CPU_FloatU u;
-    u.l = ldl_le_p(ptr);
-    return u.f;
-}
-
-static inline void stfl_le_p(void *ptr, float32 v)
-{
-    CPU_FloatU u;
-    u.f = v;
-    stl_le_p(ptr, u.l);
-}
-
-static inline float64 ldfq_le_p(const void *ptr)
-{
-    CPU_DoubleU u;
-    u.ll = ldq_le_p(ptr);
-    return u.d;
-}
-
-static inline void stfq_le_p(void *ptr, float64 v)
-{
-    CPU_DoubleU u;
-    u.d = v;
-    stq_le_p(ptr, u.ll);
-}
-
 static inline int lduw_be_p(const void *ptr)
 {
     return (uint16_t)be_bswap(lduw_he_p(ptr), 16);
@@ -465,36 +435,6 @@ static inline void stq_be_p(void *ptr, uint64_t v)
     stq_he_p(ptr, be_bswap(v, 64));
 }
 
-/* float access */
-
-static inline float32 ldfl_be_p(const void *ptr)
-{
-    CPU_FloatU u;
-    u.l = ldl_be_p(ptr);
-    return u.f;
-}
-
-static inline void stfl_be_p(void *ptr, float32 v)
-{
-    CPU_FloatU u;
-    u.f = v;
-    stl_be_p(ptr, u.l);
-}
-
-static inline float64 ldfq_be_p(const void *ptr)
-{
-    CPU_DoubleU u;
-    u.ll = ldq_be_p(ptr);
-    return u.d;
-}
-
-static inline void stfq_be_p(void *ptr, float64 v)
-{
-    CPU_DoubleU u;
-    u.d = v;
-    stq_be_p(ptr, u.ll);
-}
-
 static inline unsigned long leul_to_cpu(unsigned long v)
 {
 #if HOST_LONG_BITS == 32