diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 6c1bd8fed6..bb40c17cca 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1951,13 +1951,12 @@ qemuBuildDiskDriveCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
         virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-drive");
 
         /* Unfortunately it is not possible to use
-           -device for floppies, xen PV, or SD
+           -device for floppies, or SD
            devices. Fortunately, those don't need
            static PCI addresses, so we don't really
            care that we can't use -device */
         if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE)) {
-            if (disk->bus != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_XEN &&
-                disk->bus != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SD) {
+            if (disk->bus != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SD) {
                 withDeviceArg = true;
             } else {
                 virQEMUCapsClear(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE);
diff --git a/tests/qemuargv2xmldata/qemuargv2xml-disk-xenvbd.args b/tests/qemuargv2xmldata/qemuargv2xml-disk-xenvbd.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 07fb4e40aa..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuargv2xmldata/qemuargv2xml-disk-xenvbd.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/home/test \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=ide,bus=0,unit=0 \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=ide,media=cdrom,bus=1,unit=0 \
--drive file=/tmp/data.img,format=raw,if=xen,index=0 \
--drive file=/tmp/logs.img,format=raw,if=xen,index=6 \
--net none \
--serial none \
--parallel none
diff --git a/tests/qemuargv2xmldata/qemuargv2xml-disk-xenvbd.xml b/tests/qemuargv2xmldata/qemuargv2xml-disk-xenvbd.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 17c5e2c534..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuargv2xmldata/qemuargv2xml-disk-xenvbd.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
-      <readonly/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source file='/tmp/data.img'/>
-      <target dev='xvda' bus='xen'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source file='/tmp/logs.img'/>
-      <target dev='xvdg' bus='xen'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
-    </controller>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
-    </controller>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c
index 48c83ea3da..73d3f5c221 100644
--- a/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("disk-floppy");
     DO_TEST("disk-many");
     DO_TEST("disk-virtio");
-    DO_TEST("disk-xenvbd");
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-boot-disk");
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-boot-cdrom");
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-fmt-qcow");
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-xenvbd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-xenvbd.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 04b9be6ca3..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-xenvbd.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/home/test \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,media=cdrom,\
-id=drive-ide0-1-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 \
--drive file=/tmp/data.img,format=raw,if=xen,index=0 \
--drive file=/tmp/logs.img,format=raw,if=xen,index=6
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-xenvbd.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-xenvbd.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 088daff643..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-xenvbd.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
-      <readonly/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source file='/tmp/data.img'/>
-      <target dev='xvda' bus='xen'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source file='/tmp/logs.img'/>
-      <target dev='xvdg' bus='xen'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 3bfb5c4882..094f1ea626 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -752,7 +752,6 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_CCW, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_S390);
     DO_TEST("disk-order",
             QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_BOOT, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI);
-    DO_TEST("disk-xenvbd", QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_BOOT);
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-boot-disk",
             QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_BOOT);
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-boot-cdrom",
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-disk-xenvbd.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-disk-xenvbd.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index de6ca8b5b9..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-disk-xenvbd.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
-      <readonly/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source file='/tmp/data.img'/>
-      <target dev='xvda' bus='xen'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source file='/tmp/logs.img'/>
-      <target dev='xvdg' bus='xen'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
-    </controller>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
-    </controller>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 30cf3e8dbb..ab03d1fb2c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("disk-cdrom-empty");
     DO_TEST("disk-floppy");
     DO_TEST("disk-many");
-    DO_TEST("disk-xenvbd");
     DO_TEST("disk-usb-device");
     DO_TEST("disk-virtio");
     DO_TEST("floppy-drive-fat");