diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
index 8677a1f88..93974da53 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ xf86ErrorFVerb(int verb, const char *format, ...)
 
     va_start(ap, format);
     if (xf86Verbose >= verb || xf86LogVerbose >= verb)
-        LogVWrite(verb, format, ap);
+        LogVMessageVerb(X_NONE, verb, format, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ xf86ErrorF(const char *format, ...)
 
     va_start(ap, format);
     if (xf86Verbose >= 1 || xf86LogVerbose >= 1)
-        LogVWrite(1, format, ap);
+        LogVMessageVerb(X_NONE, 1, format, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winerror.c b/hw/xwin/winerror.c
index 175eddd87..174c76f5d 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winerror.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winerror.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ OsVendorVErrorF(const char *pszFormat, va_list va_args)
     pthread_mutex_lock(&s_pmPrinting);
 
     /* Print the error message to a log file, could be stderr */
-    LogVWrite(0, pszFormat, va_args);
+    LogVMessageVerb(X_NONE, 0, pszFormat, va_args);
 
     /* Unlock the printing mutex */
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&s_pmPrinting);
diff --git a/include/os.h b/include/os.h
index 164e2ae08..c4e2c463f 100644
--- a/include/os.h
+++ b/include/os.h
@@ -340,9 +340,6 @@ typedef enum {
     X_UNKNOWN = -1              /* unknown -- this must always be last */
 } MessageType;
 
-extern _X_EXPORT void
-LogVWrite(int verb, const char *f, va_list args)
-_X_ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF(2, 0);
 extern _X_EXPORT void
 LogVMessageVerb(MessageType type, int verb, const char *format, va_list args)
 _X_ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF(3, 0);
diff --git a/os/log.c b/os/log.c
index b998ff600..607bfdf74 100644
--- a/os/log.c
+++ b/os/log.c
@@ -669,12 +669,6 @@ LogSWrite(int verb, const char *buf, size_t len, Bool end_line)
     (void) ret;
 }
 
-void
-LogVWrite(int verb, const char *f, va_list args)
-{
-    return LogVMessageVerb(X_NONE, verb, f, args);
-}
-
 /* Returns the Message Type string to prepend to a logging message, or NULL
  * if the message will be dropped due to insufficient verbosity. */
 static const char *
@@ -1043,7 +1037,7 @@ VErrorF(const char *f, va_list args)
     if (OsVendorVErrorFProc)
         OsVendorVErrorFProc(f, args);
     else
-        LogVWrite(-1, f, args);
+        LogVMessageVerb(X_NONE, -1, f, args);
 }
 
 void