diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/object.rs b/vm/src/builtins/object.rs
index be8e267a1..d660d3d77 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/object.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/object.rs
@@ -330,10 +330,6 @@ pub fn object_set_dict(obj: PyObjectRef, dict: PyDictRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -
         .map_err(|_| vm.new_attribute_error("This object has no __dict__".to_owned()))
 }
 
-pub fn generic_getattr(obj: PyObjectRef, attr_name: PyStrRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
-    obj.as_object().generic_getattr(attr_name, vm)
-}
-
 pub fn init(ctx: &Context) {
     PyBaseObject::extend_class(ctx, &ctx.types.object_type);
 }
diff --git a/vm/src/types/slot.rs b/vm/src/types/slot.rs
index 6a86ba640..e4dfafd01 100644
--- a/vm/src/types/slot.rs
+++ b/vm/src/types/slot.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pub use crate::builtins::object::generic_getattr;
 use crate::common::{hash::PyHash, lock::PyRwLock};
 use crate::{
     builtins::{PyInt, PyStrRef, PyType, PyTypeRef},