diff --git a/src/libeis-fd.c b/src/libeis-fd.c
index 8ca2e39..ed6d477 100644
--- a/src/libeis-fd.c
+++ b/src/libeis-fd.c
@@ -72,21 +72,6 @@ eis_setup_backend_fd(struct eis *eis)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-_public_ int
-eis_backend_fd_add_fd(struct eis *eis, int fd)
-{
-	assert(eis);
-	assert(eis->backend);
-
-	struct eis_client *client = eis_client_new(eis, fd);
-	if (client == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	eis_client_unref(client);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 _public_ int
 eis_backend_fd_add_client(struct eis *eis)
 {
diff --git a/src/libeis.h b/src/libeis.h
index 848c608..23283c0 100644
--- a/src/libeis.h
+++ b/src/libeis.h
@@ -402,13 +402,6 @@ eis_setup_backend_socket(struct eis *ctx, const char *path);
 int
 eis_setup_backend_fd(struct eis *ctx);
 
-/**
- * Add a new client given a file descriptor to a context set up with
- * eis_setup_backend_fd()
- */
-int
-eis_backend_fd_add_fd(struct eis *ctx, int fd);
-
 /**
  * Add a new client to a context set up with eis_setup_backend_fd(). Returns
  * a file descriptor to be passed to ei_setup_backend_fd(), or a negative