diff --git a/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/audit/vfs_audit.cc b/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/audit/vfs_audit.cc
index 12c23c6d03..827e00b4b1 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/audit/vfs_audit.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/audit/vfs_audit.cc
@@ -302,13 +302,6 @@ class Vfs_audit::File_system : public Vfs::File_system
 			return h.audit->fs().ftruncate(h.audit, len);
 		}
 
-		void register_read_ready_sigh(Vfs_handle *vfs_handle, Signal_context_capability sigh) override
-		{
-			Handle &h = *static_cast<Handle*>(vfs_handle);
-			h.sync_state();
-			return h.audit->fs().register_read_ready_sigh(h.audit, sigh);
-		}
-
 		bool queue_sync(Vfs_handle *vfs_handle) override
 		{
 			Handle &h = *static_cast<Handle*>(vfs_handle);
diff --git a/repos/os/include/vfs/file_io_service.h b/repos/os/include/vfs/file_io_service.h
index 39b8bd5219..c71712eb7c 100644
--- a/repos/os/include/vfs/file_io_service.h
+++ b/repos/os/include/vfs/file_io_service.h
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ struct Vfs::File_io_service : Interface
 	virtual Ftruncate_result ftruncate(Vfs_handle *vfs_handle, file_size len) = 0;
 
 
-	virtual void register_read_ready_sigh(Vfs_handle *, Signal_context_capability)
-	{ }
-
 	/**********
 	 ** Sync **
 	 **********/