diff --git a/src/conf/node_device_conf.c b/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
index f74b34de5c..a76f785edd 100644
--- a/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
@@ -1336,18 +1336,6 @@ virNodeDevCapPCIDevParseXML(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
                                           _("invalid NUMA node ID supplied for '%s'")) < 0)
         goto out;
 
-    if ((tmp = virXPathString("string(./capability[1]/@type)", ctxt))) {
-        int hdrType = virPCIHeaderTypeFromString(tmp);
-
-        if (hdrType <= 0) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                           _("Unknown PCI header type '%s'"), tmp);
-            goto out;
-        }
-
-        data->pci_dev.hdrType = hdrType;
-    }
-
     if ((pciExpress = virXPathNode("./pci-express[1]", ctxt))) {
         if (VIR_ALLOC(pci_express) < 0)
             goto out;
diff --git a/tests/nodedevxml2xmltest.c b/tests/nodedevxml2xmltest.c
index 246cec7101..96041f50b9 100644
--- a/tests/nodedevxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/nodedevxml2xmltest.c
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("usb_device_1d6b_1_0000_00_1d_0");
     DO_TEST("pci_8086_4238_pcie_wireless");
     DO_TEST("pci_8086_0c0c_snd_hda_intel");
-    DO_TEST("pci_0000_00_02_0_header_type");
-    DO_TEST("pci_0000_00_1c_0_header_type");
     DO_TEST("scsi_target0_0_0");
 
     return ret == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;