diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index fd92130466..ea4e248349 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -5820,42 +5820,6 @@ virQEMUCapsLoadFile(const char *filename,
 }
 
 
-struct virQEMUCapsMachineTypeFilter {
-    const char *machineType;
-    virQEMUCapsFlags *flags;
-    size_t nflags;
-};
-
-static const struct virQEMUCapsMachineTypeFilter virQEMUCapsMachineFilter[] = {
-    /* { "blah", virQEMUCapsMachineBLAHFilter,
-         G_N_ELEMENTS(virQEMUCapsMachineBLAHFilter) }, */
-    { "", NULL, 0 },
-};
-
-
-void
-virQEMUCapsFilterByMachineType(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
-                               virDomainVirtType virtType G_GNUC_UNUSED,
-                               const char *machineType)
-{
-    size_t i;
-
-    if (!machineType)
-        return;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(virQEMUCapsMachineFilter); i++) {
-        const struct virQEMUCapsMachineTypeFilter *filter = &virQEMUCapsMachineFilter[i];
-        size_t j;
-
-        if (STRNEQ(filter->machineType, machineType))
-            continue;
-
-        for (j = 0; j < filter->nflags; j++)
-            virQEMUCapsClear(qemuCaps, filter->flags[j]);
-    }
-}
-
-
 virFileCacheHandlers qemuCapsCacheHandlers = {
     .isValid = virQEMUCapsIsValid,
     .newData = virQEMUCapsNewData,
@@ -5925,9 +5889,7 @@ virQEMUCapsCacheLookup(virFileCache *cache,
 
 virQEMUCaps *
 virQEMUCapsCacheLookupCopy(virFileCache *cache,
-                           virDomainVirtType virtType,
-                           const char *binary,
-                           const char *machineType)
+                           const char *binary)
 {
     virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps = virQEMUCapsCacheLookup(cache, binary);
     virQEMUCaps *ret;
@@ -5938,7 +5900,6 @@ virQEMUCapsCacheLookupCopy(virFileCache *cache,
     ret = virQEMUCapsNewCopy(qemuCaps);
     virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
 
-    virQEMUCapsFilterByMachineType(ret, virtType, machineType);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index d68a819442..ba289ba6b9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -783,9 +783,6 @@ const char *virQEMUCapsGetMachineDefaultRAMid(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
                                               virDomainVirtType virtType,
                                               const char *name);
 
-void virQEMUCapsFilterByMachineType(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
-                                    virDomainVirtType virtType,
-                                    const char *machineType);
 char * virQEMUCapsGetDefaultEmulator(virArch hostarch,
                                      virArch guestarch);
 
@@ -796,9 +793,7 @@ virFileCache *virQEMUCapsCacheNew(const char *libDir,
 virQEMUCaps *virQEMUCapsCacheLookup(virFileCache *cache,
                                       const char *binary);
 virQEMUCaps *virQEMUCapsCacheLookupCopy(virFileCache *cache,
-                                          virDomainVirtType virtType,
-                                          const char *binary,
-                                          const char *machineType);
+                                          const char *binary);
 virQEMUCaps *virQEMUCapsCacheLookupDefault(virFileCache *cache,
                                              const char *binary,
                                              const char *archStr,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index bf0b349406..9781df1355 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -6612,9 +6612,7 @@ qemuDomainDefFormatBufInternal(virQEMUDriver *driver,
             qCaps = virObjectRef(qemuCaps);
         } else {
             if (!(qCaps = virQEMUCapsCacheLookupCopy(driver->qemuCapsCache,
-                                                     def->virtType,
-                                                     def->emulator,
-                                                     def->os.machine)))
+                                                     def->emulator)))
                 return -1;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4a7308034d..7a1cdb0302 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5652,9 +5652,7 @@ qemuProcessPrepareQEMUCaps(virDomainObj *vm,
 
     virObjectUnref(priv->qemuCaps);
     if (!(priv->qemuCaps = virQEMUCapsCacheLookupCopy(qemuCapsCache,
-                                                      vm->def->virtType,
-                                                      vm->def->emulator,
-                                                      vm->def->os.machine)))
+                                                      vm->def->emulator)))
         return -1;
 
     /* Update qemu capabilities according to lists passed in via namespace */