diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index f372199e36..0db7cc4721 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -3677,9 +3677,6 @@ qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(virJSONValuePtr result,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-       if(STRPREFIX(current_dev, QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX))
-            current_dev += strlen(QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX);
-
         if (STREQ(current_dev, device))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index 7f5c3e3755..b2ff334984 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -3193,9 +3193,6 @@ qemuMonitorTextParseBlockIoThrottle(const char *result,
     p = result;
 
     while (*p) {
-        if (STRPREFIX(p, QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX))
-            p += strlen(QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX);
-
         if (STREQLEN(p, device, devnamelen) &&
             p[devnamelen] == ':' && p[devnamelen+1] == ' ') {