diff --git a/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp b/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp
index 9afb010a3db8..e041256eaaa8 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ rust_kernel::rust_kernel(rust_env *env) :
     // set up storage of pointers needed to
     // access the global loop.
     global_loop_chan = 0;
-    async_handle_inner = (uintptr_t)0;
-    global_async_handle = &async_handle_inner;
-    *global_async_handle = (uintptr_t)0;
 
     // Create the single threaded scheduler that will run on the platform's
     // main thread
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_kernel.h b/src/rt/rust_kernel.h
index 58739b2ada0d..3f313f614a65 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_kernel.h
+++ b/src/rt/rust_kernel.h
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ class rust_kernel {
 
     // Used to communicate with the process-side, global libuv loop
     uintptr_t global_loop_chan;
-    uintptr_t async_handle_inner;
-    uintptr_t* global_async_handle;
 
 public:
     struct rust_env *env;
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@ public:
     bool send_to_port(rust_port_id chan, void *sptr);
 
     uintptr_t* get_global_loop() { return &global_loop_chan; }
-    uintptr_t* get_global_async_handle() { return global_async_handle; }
 };
 
 template <typename T> struct kernel_owned {
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_uv.cpp b/src/rt/rust_uv.cpp
index 84cf14f47ed8..12e7c174b453 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_uv.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_uv.cpp
@@ -450,13 +450,3 @@ rust_uv_get_kernel_global_chan_ptr() {
     LOG(task, stdlib,"global loop val: %lu", (unsigned long int)*result);
     return result;
 }
-
-extern "C" uintptr_t*
-rust_uv_get_kernel_monitor_global_chan_ptr() {
-    return rust_uv_get_kernel_global_chan_ptr();
-}
-
-extern "C" uintptr_t*
-rust_uv_get_kernel_global_async_handle() {
-    return rust_get_current_task()->kernel->get_global_async_handle();
-}
diff --git a/src/rt/rustrt.def.in b/src/rt/rustrt.def.in
index 49d632027415..3ad2f98f025c 100644
--- a/src/rt/rustrt.def.in
+++ b/src/rt/rustrt.def.in
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ rust_uv_set_data_for_req
 rust_uv_get_base_from_buf
 rust_uv_get_len_from_buf
 rust_uv_get_kernel_global_chan_ptr
-rust_uv_get_kernel_monitor_global_chan_ptr
-rust_uv_get_kernel_global_async_handle
 rust_dbg_lock_create
 rust_dbg_lock_destroy
 rust_dbg_lock_lock