diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 01329257cd..17f21a0dce 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -3631,7 +3631,6 @@ static qemuMonitorCallbacks callbacks = {
static void
virQEMUCapsInitQMPBasic(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
{
- virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_AIO);
virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_SPICEVMC);
virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_CACHE_DIRECTSYNC);
virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NO_SHUTDOWN);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index c62f6d2991..7febeb7ffc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ typedef enum {
/* 50 */
QEMU_CAPS_HDA_DUPLEX, /* -device hda-duplex */
- QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_AIO, /* -drive aio= supported */
+ X_QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_AIO, /* -drive aio= supported */
X_QEMU_CAPS_PCI_MULTIBUS, /* bus=pci.0 vs bus=pci */
QEMU_CAPS_PCI_BOOTINDEX, /* pci-assign.bootindex */
QEMU_CAPS_CCID_EMULATED, /* -device ccid-card-emulated */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index c3dd06e299..57eb7b9790 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1382,13 +1382,6 @@ qemuCheckDiskConfig(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
_("detect_zeroes is not supported by this QEMU binary"));
return -1;
}
-
- if (disk->iomode &&
- !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_AIO)) {
- virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
- _("disk aio mode not supported with this QEMU binary"));
- return -1;
- }
}
if (disk->serial &&
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
index c32bc60a45..e62d01b593 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
index aa4fab4cb5..1b5342087a 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
index a5dcc49a76..58ba9f7ffe 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
index 19bc333a4c..407a28da82 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
index bd21afd695..d237323da0 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
index 9ef5f84fb8..3515fbe6cf 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
index 2ec88ddae5..7f807638a2 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
index fc2d4c7a4a..9ceb89d491 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
index f87d5b9244..5e38c3dbf2 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
index 64c675895b..28b4601934 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
index 10e1b2dde6..d490ce542f 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
index 29090b88ac..654f9c1b2d 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
index d806c215ec..63da56e463 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
index a352805ec2..a7b1bb59e6 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
index 0027ecebfc..f009164325 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
index 570fe91783..154e723c07 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
index ce35dacd25..5b15b5a1a6 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
index 415275cebf..72b74c66e4 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
index c51f30d2a2..c644b539f5 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
index a0db647f60..9d3b8e10c5 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
index e3d8ff6738..6896469a44 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
index c18d19e4ca..3243828510 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
index beda90f0e0..07adc73fb4 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
index 7e3a3fe3c8..0c585d9983 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
index 82679b611f..d827a79635 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 95a256cd2d..f846862952 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -836,7 +836,6 @@ mymain(void)
QEMU_CAPS_KVM,
QEMU_CAPS_ENABLE_KVM,
QEMU_CAPS_PIIX3_USB_UHCI,
- QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_AIO,
QEMU_CAPS_CCID_PASSTHRU,
QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_SPICEVMC,
QEMU_CAPS_SPICE,
@@ -1032,8 +1031,7 @@ mymain(void)
QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_DISK_WWN);
DO_TEST("disk-sata-device",
QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI);
- DO_TEST("disk-aio",
- QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_AIO);
+ DO_TEST("disk-aio", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-source-pool", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-source-pool-mode", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-ioeventfd",