diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index 5db7832a1a..4fc344b493 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -886,18 +886,10 @@ qemuValidateDomainDefConsole(const virDomainDef *def,
 
 
 static int
-qemuValidateDomainDefSysinfo(const virSysinfoDef *def,
-                             virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps)
+qemuValidateDomainDefSysinfo(const virSysinfoDef *def)
 {
     size_t i;
 
-    if (def->type == VIR_SYSINFO_FWCFG &&
-        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_FW_CFG)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                       _("fw_cfg is not supported with this QEMU"));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     for (i = 0; i < def->nfw_cfgs; i++) {
         const virSysinfoFWCfgDef *f = &def->fw_cfgs[i];
 
@@ -1239,7 +1231,7 @@ qemuValidateDomainDef(const virDomainDef *def,
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < def->nsysinfo; i++) {
-        if (qemuValidateDomainDefSysinfo(def->sysinfo[i], qemuCaps) < 0)
+        if (qemuValidateDomainDefSysinfo(def->sysinfo[i]) < 0)
             return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 1d262c23c1..18b7b0ecf1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("smbios");
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("smbios-date");
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("smbios-uuid-match");
-    DO_TEST("smbios-type-fwcfg", QEMU_CAPS_FW_CFG);
+    DO_TEST_NOCAPS("smbios-type-fwcfg");
 
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("watchdog");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("watchdog-device");
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index f9d20242fc..59d1e24289 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IVSHMEM_PLAIN, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IVSHMEM_DOORBELL);
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("smbios");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("smbios-multiple-type2");
-    DO_TEST("smbios-type-fwcfg", QEMU_CAPS_FW_CFG);
+    DO_TEST_NOCAPS("smbios-type-fwcfg");
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("os-firmware-bios");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("os-firmware-efi");