diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index 9c9eeea01d..66c94fbcd2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -552,12 +552,6 @@ qemuMonitorTextQueryCPUs(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         cpu.qemu_id = cpuid;
         cpu.tid = tid;
 
-        /* Extract halted indicator */
-        if ((offset = strstr(line, "(halted)")) != NULL)
-            cpu.halted = true;
-        else
-            cpu.halted = false;
-
         if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT_COPY(cpus, ncpus, cpu) < 0) {
             ret = -1;
             goto cleanup;