diff --git a/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.c b/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.c
index 65c1a77b4d87..097c4743da2c 100644
--- a/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.c
+++ b/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.c
@@ -2027,72 +2027,6 @@ out:
 	return (ret);
 }
 
-int
-pfctl_get_states_iter(pfctl_get_state_fn f, void *arg)
-{
-	struct pfctl_state_filter filter = {};
-	return (pfctl_get_filtered_states_iter(&filter, f, arg));
-}
-
-int
-pfctl_get_filtered_states_iter(struct pfctl_state_filter *filter, pfctl_get_state_fn f, void *arg)
-{
-	struct pfctl_handle h = {};
-	int error;
-
-	snl_init(&h.ss, NETLINK_GENERIC);
-	error = pfctl_get_states_h(&h, filter, f, arg);
-	snl_free(&h.ss);
-
-	return (error);
-}
-
-static int
-pfctl_append_states(struct pfctl_state *s, void *arg)
-{
-	struct pfctl_state *new;
-	struct pfctl_states *states = (struct pfctl_states *)arg;
-
-	new = malloc(sizeof(*s));
-	if (new == NULL)
-		return (ENOMEM);
-
-	memcpy(new, s, sizeof(*s));
-
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&states->states, new, entry);
-
-	return (0);
-}
-
-int
-pfctl_get_states(int dev __unused, struct pfctl_states *states)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	bzero(states, sizeof(*states));
-	TAILQ_INIT(&states->states);
-
-	ret = pfctl_get_states_iter(pfctl_append_states, states);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		pfctl_free_states(states);
-		return (ret);
-	}
-
-	return (0);
-}
-
-void
-pfctl_free_states(struct pfctl_states *states)
-{
-	struct pfctl_state *s, *tmp;
-
-	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(s, &states->states, entry, tmp) {
-		free(s);
-	}
-
-	bzero(states, sizeof(*states));
-}
-
 struct pfctl_nl_clear_states {
 	uint32_t killed;
 };
diff --git a/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.h b/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.h
index ef73d0469236..850afd5eac47 100644
--- a/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.h
+++ b/lib/libpfctl/libpfctl.h
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ struct pfctl_state_key {
 };
 
 struct pfctl_state {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(pfctl_state)	entry;
-
 	uint64_t		 id;
 	uint32_t		 creatorid;
 	uint8_t		 	 direction;
@@ -409,11 +407,6 @@ struct pfctl_state {
 	struct pfctl_rule	 created_by_rule;
 };
 
-TAILQ_HEAD(pfctl_statelist, pfctl_state);
-struct pfctl_states {
-	struct pfctl_statelist	states;
-};
-
 enum pfctl_syncookies_mode {
 	PFCTL_SYNCOOKIES_NEVER,
 	PFCTL_SYNCOOKIES_ALWAYS,
@@ -508,11 +501,7 @@ struct pfctl_state_filter {
 	bool			include_rule;
 };
 typedef int (*pfctl_get_state_fn)(struct pfctl_state *, void *);
-int pfctl_get_states_iter(pfctl_get_state_fn f, void *arg);
 int pfctl_get_states_h(struct pfctl_handle *h, struct pfctl_state_filter *filter, pfctl_get_state_fn f, void *arg);
-int pfctl_get_filtered_states_iter(struct pfctl_state_filter *filter, pfctl_get_state_fn f, void *arg);
-int	pfctl_get_states(int dev, struct pfctl_states *states);
-void	pfctl_free_states(struct pfctl_states *states);
 int	pfctl_clear_states(int dev, const struct pfctl_kill *kill,
 	    unsigned int *killed);
 int	pfctl_kill_states(int dev, const struct pfctl_kill *kill,