diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 4d27ae2282..0d348a52a5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -11029,7 +11029,6 @@ qemuProcessEventFree(struct qemuProcessEvent *event)
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_DEVICE_DELETED:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_SERIAL_CHANGED:
-    case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_BLOCK_JOB:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_MONITOR_EOF:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_GUEST_CRASHLOADED:
         g_free(event->data);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 823f26b7c5..b117db7b75 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_DEVICE_DELETED,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_SERIAL_CHANGED,
-    QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_BLOCK_JOB,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_JOB_STATUS_CHANGE,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_MONITOR_EOF,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_PR_DISCONNECT,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 3adc5af852..8c71626b7b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4015,44 +4015,6 @@ processSerialChangedEvent(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 }
 
 
-static void
-processBlockJobEvent(virDomainObj *vm,
-                     const char *diskAlias,
-                     int type,
-                     int status)
-{
-    virDomainDiskDef *disk;
-    g_autoptr(qemuBlockJobData) job = NULL;
-
-    if (qemuDomainObjBeginJob(vm, VIR_JOB_MODIFY) < 0)
-        return;
-
-    if (!virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
-        VIR_DEBUG("Domain is not running");
-        goto endjob;
-    }
-
-    if (!(disk = qemuProcessFindDomainDiskByAliasOrQOM(vm, diskAlias, NULL))) {
-        VIR_DEBUG("disk %s not found", diskAlias);
-        goto endjob;
-    }
-
-    if (!(job = qemuBlockJobDiskGetJob(disk))) {
-        VIR_DEBUG("creating new block job object for '%s'", diskAlias);
-        if (!(job = qemuBlockJobDiskNew(vm, disk, type, diskAlias)))
-            goto endjob;
-        job->state = QEMU_BLOCKJOB_STATE_RUNNING;
-    }
-
-    job->newstate = status;
-
-    qemuBlockJobUpdate(vm, job, VIR_ASYNC_JOB_NONE);
-
- endjob:
-    qemuDomainObjEndJob(vm);
-}
-
-
 static void
 processJobStatusChangeEvent(virDomainObj *vm,
                             qemuBlockJobData *job)
@@ -4261,11 +4223,6 @@ static void qemuProcessEventHandler(void *data, void *opaque)
         processSerialChangedEvent(driver, vm, processEvent->data,
                                   processEvent->action);
         break;
-    case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_BLOCK_JOB:
-        processBlockJobEvent(vm, processEvent->data,
-                             processEvent->action,
-                             processEvent->status);
-        break;
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_JOB_STATUS_CHANGE:
         processJobStatusChangeEvent(vm, processEvent->data);
         break;