diff --git a/src/wrap_cl.hpp b/src/wrap_cl.hpp
index 6679ed3ffa0290026d1b1a0011c84856dd0ab217..20db54ba0573ce291a79d7533f9753390df9940a 100644
--- a/src/wrap_cl.hpp
+++ b/src/wrap_cl.hpp
@@ -4344,13 +4344,6 @@ namespace pyopencl
               sizeof(cl_mem), &m));
       }
 
-      template <typename T>
-      void set_arg_pod(cl_uint arg_index, T pod_value)
-      {
-        PYOPENCL_CALL_GUARDED(clSetKernelArg, (m_kernel, arg_index,
-              sizeof(T), &pod_value));
-      }
-
       void set_arg_mem(cl_uint arg_index, memory_object_holder &moh)
       {
         cl_mem m = moh.data();
diff --git a/src/wrap_cl_part_2.cpp b/src/wrap_cl_part_2.cpp
index 2c98671803dd4e76674fc270b2e466e75019e824..e68c785128dda3da644a9dbd76c5feb06d7dd591 100644
--- a/src/wrap_cl_part_2.cpp
+++ b/src/wrap_cl_part_2.cpp
@@ -467,13 +467,6 @@ void pyopencl_expose_part_2(py::module &m)
 #endif
       .def("_set_arg_null", &cls::set_arg_null)
       .def("_set_arg_buf", &cls::set_arg_buf)
-      .def("_set_arg_mem", &cls::set_arg_mem)
-      .def("_set_arg_i32", &cls::set_arg_pod<int32_t>)
-      .def("_set_arg_i64", &cls::set_arg_pod<int64_t>)
-      .def("_set_arg_u32", &cls::set_arg_pod<uint32_t>)
-      .def("_set_arg_u64", &cls::set_arg_pod<uint64_t>)
-      .def("_set_arg_f32", &cls::set_arg_pod<float>)
-      .def("_set_arg_f64", &cls::set_arg_pod<double>)
 #if PYOPENCL_CL_VERSION >= 0x2000
       .def("_set_arg_svm", &cls::set_arg_svm)
 #endif