diff --git a/src/emu/bay.c b/src/emu/bay.c
index 37a5c62..26348f5 100644
--- a/src/emu/bay.c
+++ b/src/emu/bay.c
@@ -81,28 +81,6 @@ bay_register(struct bay *bay, struct chan *chan)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
-bay_remove(struct bay *bay, struct chan *chan)
-{
-	struct bay_chan *bchan = find_bay_chan(bay, chan->name);
-	if (bchan == NULL) {
-		err("channel %s not registered", chan->name);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (bchan->is_dirty) {
-		err("cannot remote bay channel %s in dirty state", chan->name);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	chan_set_dirty_cb(chan, NULL, NULL);
-
-	HASH_DEL(bay->channels, bchan);
-	free(bchan);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 struct bay_cb *
 bay_add_cb(struct bay *bay, enum bay_cb_type type,
 		struct chan *chan, bay_cb_func_t func, void *arg, int enabled)
diff --git a/test/unit/bay.c b/test/unit/bay.c
index 9dd6755..2e2f528 100644
--- a/test/unit/bay.c
+++ b/test/unit/bay.c
@@ -4,25 +4,6 @@
 #include "emu/bay.h"
 #include "common.h"
 
-static void
-test_remove(struct bay *bay)
-{
-	struct chan chan;
-	chan_init(&chan, CHAN_SINGLE, "removeme");
-
-	if (bay_register(bay, &chan) != 0)
-		die("bay_register failed\n");
-
-	if (bay_find(bay, chan.name) == NULL)
-		die("bay_find failed\n");
-
-	if (bay_remove(bay, &chan) != 0)
-		die("bay_remove failed\n");
-
-	if (bay_find(bay, chan.name) != NULL)
-		die("bay_find didn't fail\n");
-}
-
 static void
 test_duplicate(struct bay *bay)
 {
@@ -34,9 +15,6 @@ test_duplicate(struct bay *bay)
 
 	if (bay_register(bay, &chan) == 0)
 		die("bay_register didn't fail\n");
-
-	if (bay_remove(bay, &chan) != 0)
-		die("bay_remove failed\n");
 }
 
 static int
@@ -83,9 +61,6 @@ test_callback(struct bay *bay)
 
 	if (data != 1)
 		die("data didn't change after bay_propagate\n");
-
-	if (bay_remove(bay, &chan) != 0)
-		die("bay_remove failed\n");
 }
 
 int main(void)
@@ -93,7 +68,6 @@ int main(void)
 	struct bay bay;
 	bay_init(&bay);
 
-	test_remove(&bay);
 	test_duplicate(&bay);
 	test_callback(&bay);