diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index c8d8d45bd44bef..44d6c48bffa69e 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -4415,30 +4415,6 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_allocobj(size_t sz)
     return jl_gc_alloc(ptls, sz, NULL);
 }
 
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_0w(void)
-{
-    jl_ptls_t ptls = jl_current_task->ptls;
-    return jl_gc_alloc(ptls, 0, NULL);
-}
-
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_1w(void)
-{
-    jl_ptls_t ptls = jl_current_task->ptls;
-    return jl_gc_alloc(ptls, sizeof(void*), NULL);
-}
-
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_2w(void)
-{
-    jl_ptls_t ptls = jl_current_task->ptls;
-    return jl_gc_alloc(ptls, sizeof(void*) * 2, NULL);
-}
-
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_3w(void)
-{
-    jl_ptls_t ptls = jl_current_task->ptls;
-    return jl_gc_alloc(ptls, sizeof(void*) * 3, NULL);
-}
-
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_gc_enable_conservative_gc_support(void)
 {
     if (jl_is_initialized()) {
diff --git a/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc b/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
index 853469bf2086a9..2db54b29a67fd3 100644
--- a/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
+++ b/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@
     XX(jl_gc_add_ptr_finalizer) \
     XX(jl_gc_add_quiescent) \
     XX(jl_gc_allocobj) \
-    XX(jl_gc_alloc_0w) \
-    XX(jl_gc_alloc_1w) \
-    XX(jl_gc_alloc_2w) \
-    XX(jl_gc_alloc_3w) \
     XX(jl_gc_alloc_typed) \
     XX(jl_gc_big_alloc) \
     XX(jl_gc_big_alloc_instrumented) \
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index 3100f674fc28b1..82d0ae35491660 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -1060,10 +1060,6 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_add_ptr_finalizer(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_value_t *v, void *f
 JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_add_quiescent(jl_ptls_t ptls, void **v, void *f) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_finalize(jl_value_t *o);
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_weakref_t *jl_gc_new_weakref(jl_value_t *value);
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_0w(void);
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_1w(void);
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_2w(void);
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_alloc_3w(void);
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_gc_allocobj(size_t sz);
 JL_DLLEXPORT void *jl_malloc_stack(size_t *bufsz, struct _jl_task_t *owner) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_free_stack(void *stkbuf, size_t bufsz);
diff --git a/src/runtime_intrinsics.c b/src/runtime_intrinsics.c
index e76e70826fed7d..db4007d32035e3 100644
--- a/src/runtime_intrinsics.c
+++ b/src/runtime_intrinsics.c
@@ -674,8 +674,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_cglobal(jl_value_t *v, jl_value_t *ty)
 
     void *ptr;
     jl_dlsym(jl_get_library(f_lib), f_name, &ptr, 1);
-    jl_value_t *jv = jl_gc_alloc_1w();
-    jl_set_typeof(jv, rt);
+    jl_value_t *jv = jl_gc_alloc(jl_current_task->ptls, sizeof(void*), rt);
     *(void**)jl_data_ptr(jv) = ptr;
     JL_GC_POP();
     return jv;