diff --git a/include/qemu/bitops.h b/include/qemu/bitops.h
index 1881284cb5..3f0926cf40 100644
--- a/include/qemu/bitops.h
+++ b/include/qemu/bitops.h
@@ -201,16 +201,6 @@ static inline unsigned long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
     return find_next_zero_bit(addr, size, 0);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long hweight_long(unsigned long w)
-{
-    unsigned long count;
-
-    for (count = 0; w; w >>= 1) {
-        count += w & 1;
-    }
-    return count;
-}
-
 /**
  * rol8 - rotate an 8-bit value left
  * @word: value to rotate
diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index 601f9ec539..47b49c7318 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -2061,15 +2061,15 @@ static void set_pixel_format(VncState *vs, int bits_per_pixel,
     }
 
     vs->client_pf.rmax = red_max ? red_max : 0xFF;
-    vs->client_pf.rbits = hweight_long(red_max);
+    vs->client_pf.rbits = ctpopl(red_max);
     vs->client_pf.rshift = red_shift;
     vs->client_pf.rmask = red_max << red_shift;
     vs->client_pf.gmax = green_max ? green_max : 0xFF;
-    vs->client_pf.gbits = hweight_long(green_max);
+    vs->client_pf.gbits = ctpopl(green_max);
     vs->client_pf.gshift = green_shift;
     vs->client_pf.gmask = green_max << green_shift;
     vs->client_pf.bmax = blue_max ? blue_max : 0xFF;
-    vs->client_pf.bbits = hweight_long(blue_max);
+    vs->client_pf.bbits = ctpopl(blue_max);
     vs->client_pf.bshift = blue_shift;
     vs->client_pf.bmask = blue_max << blue_shift;
     vs->client_pf.bits_per_pixel = bits_per_pixel;