diff --git a/lib/cache_segtype/cache.c b/lib/cache_segtype/cache.c
index bfc84c340..3e74495b1 100644
--- a/lib/cache_segtype/cache.c
+++ b/lib/cache_segtype/cache.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static int _cache_pool_text_import(struct lv_segment *seg,
 		if (!dm_config_has_node(sn, "core_argv"))
 			return SEG_LOG_ERROR("not all core arguments defined in");
 
-		if (!dm_config_get_int(sn, "core_argc", &seg->core_argc))
+		if (!dm_config_get_uint32(sn, "core_argc",
+					  (uint32_t *)&seg->core_argc))
 			return SEG_LOG_ERROR("Unable to read core_argc in");
 
 		str = dm_config_find_str(sn, "core_argv", NULL);
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ static int _cache_pool_text_import(struct lv_segment *seg,
 			return SEG_LOG_ERROR("policy_name must be a string in");
 		seg->policy_name = dm_pool_strdup(mem, str);
 
-		if (!dm_config_get_int(sn, "policy_argc", &seg->policy_argc))
+		if (!dm_config_get_uint32(sn, "policy_argc",
+					  (uint32_t *)&seg->policy_argc))
 			return SEG_LOG_ERROR("Unable to read policy_argc in");
 
 		str = dm_config_find_str(sn, "policy_argv", NULL);
diff --git a/libdm/libdevmapper.h b/libdm/libdevmapper.h
index 670c5e097..131bd3f21 100644
--- a/libdm/libdevmapper.h
+++ b/libdm/libdevmapper.h
@@ -1720,7 +1720,6 @@ int dm_config_tree_find_bool(const struct dm_config_tree *cft, const char *path,
 int dm_config_find_bool(const struct dm_config_node *cn, const char *path, int fail);
 int dm_config_value_is_bool(const struct dm_config_value *v);
 
-int dm_config_get_int(const struct dm_config_node *cn, const char *path, int *result);
 int dm_config_get_uint32(const struct dm_config_node *cn, const char *path, uint32_t *result);
 int dm_config_get_uint64(const struct dm_config_node *cn, const char *path, uint64_t *result);
 int dm_config_get_str(const struct dm_config_node *cn, const char *path, const char **result);
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-config.c b/libdm/libdm-config.c
index 32976217c..ea1af2f90 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-config.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-config.c
@@ -1047,20 +1047,6 @@ int dm_config_tree_find_bool(const struct dm_config_tree *cft, const char *path,
 
 /************************************/
 
-int dm_config_get_int(const struct dm_config_node *cn, const char *path,
-		      int *result)
-{
-	const struct dm_config_node *n;
-
-	n = _find_config_node(cn, path);
-
-	if (!n || !n->v || n->v->type != DM_CFG_INT)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (result)
-		*result = n->v->v.i;
-	return 1;
-}
 
 int dm_config_get_uint32(const struct dm_config_node *cn, const char *path,
 			 uint32_t *result)