diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c b/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c
index 81042876fe..a0567e55a3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c
@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ qemuDBusStart(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (priv->cgroup &&
-        virCgroupAddProcess(priv->cgroup, cpid) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
     if (qemuSecurityDomainSetPathLabel(driver, vm, sockpath, false) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c b/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c
index dfb36125f0..4c4949f88b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ qemuSlirpStart(qemuSlirpPtr slirp,
                virDomainNetDefPtr net,
                bool incoming)
 {
-    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     g_autoptr(virCommand) cmd = NULL;
     g_autofree char *pidfile = NULL;
@@ -356,9 +355,6 @@ qemuSlirpStart(qemuSlirpPtr slirp,
 
     slirp->pid = pid;
 
-    if (priv->cgroup && qemuSlirpSetupCgroup(slirp, priv->cgroup) < 0)
-        goto error;
-
     return 0;
 
  error: