diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 6a1a88e859..9c78b245ef 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -7118,8 +7118,7 @@ void qemuDomainObjCheckNetTaint(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 
 
 qemuDomainLogContext *qemuDomainLogContextNew(virQEMUDriver *driver,
-                                                virDomainObj *vm,
-                                                qemuDomainLogContextMode mode)
+                                              virDomainObj *vm)
 {
     g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     qemuDomainLogContext *ctxt = QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT(g_object_new(QEMU_TYPE_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT, NULL));
@@ -7160,25 +7159,22 @@ qemuDomainLogContext *qemuDomainLogContextNew(virQEMUDriver *driver,
         /* For unprivileged startup we must truncate the file since
          * we can't rely on logrotate. We don't use O_TRUNC since
          * it is better for SELinux policy if we truncate afterwards */
-        if (mode == QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT_MODE_START &&
-            !driver->privileged &&
+        if (!driver->privileged &&
             ftruncate(ctxt->writefd, 0) < 0) {
             virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to truncate %1$s"),
                                  ctxt->path);
             goto error;
         }
 
-        if (mode == QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT_MODE_START) {
-            if ((ctxt->readfd = open(ctxt->path, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
-                virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to open logfile %1$s"),
-                                     ctxt->path);
-                goto error;
-            }
-            if (virSetCloseExec(ctxt->readfd) < 0) {
-                virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to set close-on-exec flag on %1$s"),
-                                     ctxt->path);
-                goto error;
-            }
+        if ((ctxt->readfd = open(ctxt->path, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
+            virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to open logfile %1$s"),
+                                 ctxt->path);
+            goto error;
+        }
+        if (virSetCloseExec(ctxt->readfd) < 0) {
+            virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to set close-on-exec flag on %1$s"),
+                                 ctxt->path);
+            goto error;
         }
 
         if ((ctxt->pos = lseek(ctxt->writefd, 0, SEEK_END)) < 0) {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 7ac1cdd6be..786f239495 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -652,15 +652,8 @@ void qemuDomainObjCheckNetTaint(virQEMUDriver *driver,
                                 virDomainNetDef *net,
                                 qemuDomainLogContext *logCtxt);
 
-typedef enum {
-    QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT_MODE_START,
-    QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT_MODE_ATTACH,
-    QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT_MODE_STOP,
-} qemuDomainLogContextMode;
-
 qemuDomainLogContext *qemuDomainLogContextNew(virQEMUDriver *driver,
-                                                virDomainObj *vm,
-                                                qemuDomainLogContextMode mode);
+                                              virDomainObj *vm);
 int qemuDomainLogContextWrite(qemuDomainLogContext *ctxt,
                               const char *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 3);
 ssize_t qemuDomainLogContextRead(qemuDomainLogContext *ctxt,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 23ab15d8cd..54ab21cabb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -7612,8 +7612,7 @@ qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
     hookData.cfg = cfg;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Creating domain log file");
-    if (!(logCtxt = qemuDomainLogContextNew(driver, vm,
-                                            QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT_MODE_START))) {
+    if (!(logCtxt = qemuDomainLogContextNew(driver, vm))) {
         virLastErrorPrefixMessage("%s", _("can't connect to virtlogd"));
         goto cleanup;
     }