diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index c23c57be3b..2003363525 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -1774,19 +1774,11 @@ qemuValidateNetSupportsCoalesce(virDomainNetType type)
 
 static int
 qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(const virDomainVirtioOptions *virtio,
-                                virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps)
+                                virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
     if (!virtio)
         return 0;
 
-    if (virtio->packed != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT &&
-        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PACKED_QUEUES)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("the packed setting is not supported with this "
-                             "QEMU binary"));
-            return -1;
-        }
-
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-controller-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-controller-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-controller-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-disk-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-disk-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-disk-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-fs-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-fs-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-fs-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-input-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-input-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-input-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-memballoon-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-memballoon-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-memballoon-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-net-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-net-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-net-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-rng-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-rng-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-rng-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-video-packed.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-video-packed.err
deleted file mode 100644
index b17ed8d359..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-options-video-packed.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: the packed setting is not supported with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 5845f825d7..b7c3bc0e2d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -3088,20 +3088,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-options-net-packed");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-options-rng-packed");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-options-video-packed");
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-controller-packed", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("virtio-options-disk-packed");
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("virtio-options-fs-packed");
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-input-packed", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_MOUSE,
-                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_KEYBOARD);
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("virtio-options-memballoon-packed");
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("virtio-options-memballoon-freepage-reporting");
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("virtio-options-net-packed");
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-rng-packed", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
-                        QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-video-packed", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL,
-                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU);
 
     DO_TEST("fd-memory-numa-topology", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM);