diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 16a7f7acd3..c23b30542b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5234,27 +5234,6 @@ qemuDomainIOThreadParseParams(virTypedParameterPtr params,
     if (rc == 1)
         iothread->set_thread_pool_max = true;
 
-    if (iothread->set_poll_max_ns && iothread->poll_max_ns > INT_MAX) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("poll-max-ns (%1$llu) must be less than or equal to %2$d"),
-                       iothread->poll_max_ns, INT_MAX);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (iothread->set_poll_grow && iothread->poll_grow > INT_MAX) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("poll-grow (%1$u) must be less than or equal to %2$d"),
-                         iothread->poll_grow, INT_MAX);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (iothread->set_poll_shrink && iothread->poll_shrink > INT_MAX) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("poll-shrink (%1$u) must be less than or equal to %2$d"),
-                       iothread->poll_shrink, INT_MAX);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     if (iothread->set_thread_pool_min && iothread->thread_pool_min < -1) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                        _("thread_pool_min (%1$d) must be equal to or greater than -1"),
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index b2c0b20a11..3454e85e43 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -7128,13 +7128,6 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetIOThreads(qemuMonitor *mon,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        /* Fetch poll values (since QEMU 2.9 ) if available. QEMU
-         * stores these values as int64_t's; however, the qapi type
-         * is an int. The qapi/misc.json also mis-describes the grow
-         * and shrink values as pure add/remove values. The source
-         * util/aio-posix.c function aio_poll uses them as a factor
-         * or divisor in it's calculation. We will fetch and store
-         * them as defined in our structures. */
         if (virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUlong(child, "poll-max-ns",
                                              &info->poll_max_ns) == 0 &&
             virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUint(child, "poll-grow",