diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
index 519b0bf6fa..1ccf1f8b44 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
@@ -392,119 +392,6 @@ udevTranslatePCIIds(unsigned int vendor,
 }
 
 
-static int
-udevFillMdevType(struct udev_device *device,
-                 const char *dir,
-                 virNodeDevCapMdevTypePtr type)
-{
-    int ret = -1;
-    char *attrpath = NULL;
-
-#define MDEV_GET_SYSFS_ATTR(attr_name, cb, ...) \
-    do { \
-        if (virAsprintf(&attrpath, "%s/%s", dir, #attr_name) < 0) \
-            goto cleanup; \
- \
-        if (cb(device, attrpath, __VA_ARGS__) < 0) \
-            goto cleanup; \
- \
-        VIR_FREE(attrpath); \
-    } while (0) \
-
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(type->id, last_component(dir)) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    /* query udev for the attributes under subdirectories using the relative
-     * path stored in @dir, i.e. 'mdev_supported_types/<type_id>'
-     */
-    MDEV_GET_SYSFS_ATTR(name, udevGetStringSysfsAttr, &type->name);
-    MDEV_GET_SYSFS_ATTR(device_api, udevGetStringSysfsAttr, &type->device_api);
-    MDEV_GET_SYSFS_ATTR(available_instances, udevGetUintSysfsAttr,
-                        &type->available_instances, 10);
-
-#undef MDEV_GET_SYSFS_ATTR
-
-    ret = 0;
- cleanup:
-    VIR_FREE(attrpath);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-static int
-udevPCIGetMdevTypesCap(struct udev_device *device,
-                       virNodeDevCapPCIDevPtr pcidata)
-{
-    int ret = -1;
-    int dirret = -1;
-    DIR *dir = NULL;
-    struct dirent *entry;
-    char *path = NULL;
-    char *tmppath = NULL;
-    virNodeDevCapMdevTypePtr type = NULL;
-    virNodeDevCapMdevTypePtr *types = NULL;
-    size_t ntypes = 0;
-    size_t i;
-
-    if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/mdev_supported_types",
-                    udev_device_get_syspath(device)) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if ((dirret = virDirOpenIfExists(&dir, path)) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (dirret == 0) {
-        ret = 0;
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(types) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    /* UDEV doesn't report attributes under subdirectories by default but is
-     * able to query them if the path to the attribute is relative to the
-     * device's base path, e.g. /sys/devices/../0000:00:01.0/ is the device's
-     * base path as udev reports it, but we're interested in attributes under
-     * /sys/devices/../0000:00:01.0/mdev_supported_types/<type>/. So, we need to
-     * scan the subdirectories ourselves.
-     */
-    while ((dirret = virDirRead(dir, &entry, path)) > 0) {
-        if (VIR_ALLOC(type) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-
-        /* construct the relative mdev type path bit for udev */
-        if (virAsprintf(&tmppath, "mdev_supported_types/%s", entry->d_name) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-
-        if (udevFillMdevType(device, tmppath, type) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-
-        if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(types, ntypes, type) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-
-        VIR_FREE(tmppath);
-    }
-
-    if (dirret < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    VIR_STEAL_PTR(pcidata->mdev_types, types);
-    pcidata->nmdev_types = ntypes;
-    pcidata->flags |= VIR_NODE_DEV_CAP_FLAG_PCI_MDEV;
-    ntypes = 0;
-    ret = 0;
- cleanup:
-    virNodeDevCapMdevTypeFree(type);
-    for (i = 0; i < ntypes; i++)
-        virNodeDevCapMdevTypeFree(types[i]);
-    VIR_FREE(types);
-    VIR_FREE(path);
-    VIR_FREE(tmppath);
-    VIR_DIR_CLOSE(dir);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 static int
 udevProcessPCI(struct udev_device *device,
                virNodeDeviceDefPtr def)
@@ -596,12 +483,6 @@ udevProcessPCI(struct udev_device *device,
         }
     }
 
-    /* check whether the device is mediated devices framework capable, if so,
-     * process it
-     */
-    if (udevPCIGetMdevTypesCap(device, pci_dev) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup: