diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_entity.h b/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_entity.h
index f177a83..62dabfe 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_entity.h
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_entity.h
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ void update_proxy_writer (struct proxy_writer *pwr, seqno_t seq, struct addrset
 
 void proxy_writer_set_alive_may_unlock (struct proxy_writer *pwr, bool notify);
 int proxy_writer_set_notalive (struct proxy_writer *pwr, bool notify);
-void proxy_writer_set_notalive_guid (struct q_globals *gv, const struct ddsi_guid *pwrguid, bool notify);
 
 int new_proxy_group (const struct ddsi_guid *guid, const char *name, const struct dds_qos *xqos, nn_wctime_t timestamp);
 
diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_entity.c b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_entity.c
index 1bed076..5510835 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_entity.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_entity.c
@@ -4510,20 +4510,6 @@ int proxy_writer_set_notalive (struct proxy_writer *pwr, bool notify)
   return DDS_RETCODE_OK;
 }
 
-void proxy_writer_set_notalive_guid (struct q_globals *gv, const struct ddsi_guid *pwrguid, bool notify)
-{
-  struct proxy_writer *pwr;
-  if ((pwr = entidx_lookup_proxy_writer_guid (gv->entity_index, pwrguid)) == NULL)
-    GVLOGDISC (" "PGUIDFMT"?\n", PGUID (*pwrguid));
-  else
-  {
-    GVLOGDISC ("proxy_writer_set_notalive_guid ("PGUIDFMT")", PGUID (*pwrguid));
-    if (proxy_writer_set_notalive (pwr, notify) == DDS_RETCODE_PRECONDITION_NOT_MET)
-      GVLOGDISC (" pwr was not alive");
-    GVLOGDISC ("\n");
-  }
-}
-
 /* PROXY-READER ----------------------------------------------------- */
 
 int new_proxy_reader (struct q_globals *gv, const struct ddsi_guid *ppguid, const struct ddsi_guid *guid, struct addrset *as, const nn_plist_t *plist, nn_wctime_t timestamp, seqno_t seq
diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_lease.c b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_lease.c
index a903ab2..6a2d33a 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_lease.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_lease.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int64_t check_and_handle_lease_expiration (struct q_globals *gv, nn_etime_t tnow
         delete_proxy_participant_by_guid (gv, &g, now(), 1);
         break;
       case EK_PROXY_WRITER:
-        proxy_writer_set_notalive_guid (gv, &g, true);
+        proxy_writer_set_notalive ((struct proxy_writer *) l->entity, true);
         break;
       case EK_PARTICIPANT:
       case EK_READER: