diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
index 71aa6c6e44..fab122942a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
@@ -1007,11 +1007,6 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceAddBlockdevCommonProps(virJSONValue **props,
  *      use legacy formatting of attributes (for -drive / old qemus)
  *  QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_TARGET_ONLY:
  *      omit any data which does not identify the image itself
- *  QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_AUTO_READONLY:
- *      use the auto-read-only feature of qemu
- *  QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_SKIP_UNMAP:
- *      don't enable 'discard:unmap' option for passing through discards
- *      (note that this is disabled also for _LEGACY and _TARGET_ONLY options)
  *  QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_EFFECTIVE_NODE:
  *      the 'protocol' node is used as the effective/top node of a virStorageSource
  *
@@ -1511,7 +1506,7 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceAttachPrepareBlockdev(virStorageSource *src,
                                             virStorageSource *backingStore)
 {
     g_autoptr(qemuBlockStorageSourceAttachData) data = NULL;
-    unsigned int backendpropsflags = QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_AUTO_READONLY;
+    unsigned int backendpropsflags = 0;
 
     data = g_new0(qemuBlockStorageSourceAttachData, 1);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
index 9757108501..5c784a4386 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceSupportsConcurrentAccess(virStorageSource *src);
 typedef enum {
     QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_LEGACY = 1 << 0,
     QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_TARGET_ONLY = 1 << 1,
-    QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_AUTO_READONLY = 1 << 2,
-    QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_SKIP_UNMAP = 1 << 3,
-    QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_EFFECTIVE_NODE = 1 << 4,
+    QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_EFFECTIVE_NODE = 1 << 2,
 } qemuBlockStorageSourceBackendPropsFlags;
 
 virJSONValue *
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index b8db1a2570..c581bd1748 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ testQemuDiskXMLToProps(const void *opaque)
 
     for (n = disk->src; virStorageSourceIsBacking(n); n = n->backingStore) {
         g_autofree char *backingstore = NULL;
-        unsigned int backendpropsflagsnormal = QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_AUTO_READONLY;
-        unsigned int backendpropsflagstarget = QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_AUTO_READONLY |
-                                               QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_TARGET_ONLY;
 
         if (testQemuDiskXMLToJSONFakeSecrets(n) < 0)
             return -1;
@@ -298,8 +295,8 @@ testQemuDiskXMLToProps(const void *opaque)
         qemuDomainPrepareDiskSourceData(disk, n);
 
         if (!(formatProps = qemuBlockStorageSourceGetFormatProps(n, n->backingStore)) ||
-            !(storageSrcOnlyProps = qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBackendProps(n, backendpropsflagstarget)) ||
-            !(storageProps = qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBackendProps(n, backendpropsflagsnormal)) ||
+            !(storageSrcOnlyProps = qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBackendProps(n, QEMU_BLOCK_STORAGE_SOURCE_BACKEND_PROPS_TARGET_ONLY)) ||
+            !(storageProps = qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBackendProps(n, 0)) ||
             !(backingstore = qemuBlockGetBackingStoreString(n, true))) {
             if (!data->fail) {
                 VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to generate qemu blockdev props");