diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index c333fc1364..ce1a06c4c8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1964,16 +1964,6 @@ qemuMonitorSetLink(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
-int
-qemuMonitorGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                       virDomainVirtType *virtType)
-{
-    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
-
-    return qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(mon, virtType);
-}
-
-
 /**
  * Returns: 0 if balloon not supported, +1 if balloon query worked
  * or -1 on failure
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 3dcceffef8..8bc092870b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -656,8 +656,6 @@ virBitmapPtr qemuMonitorGetCpuHalted(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                      size_t maxvcpus,
                                      bool fast);
 
-int qemuMonitorGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                           virDomainVirtType *virtType);
 int qemuMonitorGetBalloonInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               unsigned long long *currmem);
 int qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index ab83abf6b3..5acc1a10aa 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -2052,46 +2052,6 @@ qemuMonitorJSONQueryCPUs(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
-int qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               virDomainVirtType *virtType)
-{
-    int ret = -1;
-    virJSONValuePtr cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("query-kvm",
-                                                     NULL);
-    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
-    virJSONValuePtr data;
-    bool val = false;
-
-    *virtType = VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU;
-
-    if (!cmd)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (qemuMonitorJSONCheckReply(cmd, reply, VIR_JSON_TYPE_OBJECT) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    data = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(reply, "return");
-
-    if (virJSONValueObjectGetBoolean(data, "enabled", &val) < 0) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
-                       _("info kvm reply missing 'enabled' field"));
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    if (val)
-        *virtType = VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM;
-
-    ret = 0;
- cleanup:
-    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
-    virJSONValueFree(reply);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * Loads correct video memory size values from QEMU and update the video
  * definition.
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index da988f0d41..d2928b0ffc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONQueryCPUs(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                              size_t *nentries,
                              bool force,
                              bool fast);
-int qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               virDomainVirtType *virtType);
 int qemuMonitorJSONUpdateVideoMemorySize(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                          virDomainVideoDefPtr video,
                                          char *path);
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index d22a92d3e1..79ef2a545e 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -1445,57 +1445,6 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONqemuMonitorJSONGetBalloonInfo(const void *opaque)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-testQemuMonitorJSONqemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(const void *opaque)
-{
-    const testGenericData *data = opaque;
-    virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt = data->xmlopt;
-    virDomainVirtType virtType;
-    g_autoptr(qemuMonitorTest) test = NULL;
-
-    if (!(test = qemuMonitorTestNewSchema(xmlopt, data->schema)))
-        return -1;
-
-    if (qemuMonitorTestAddItem(test, "query-kvm",
-                               "{"
-                               "    \"return\": {"
-                               "        \"enabled\": true,"
-                               "        \"present\": true"
-                               "    },"
-                               "    \"id\": \"libvirt-8\""
-                               "}") < 0 ||
-        qemuMonitorTestAddItem(test, "query-kvm",
-                               "{"
-                               "    \"return\": {"
-                               "        \"enabled\": false,"
-                               "        \"present\": true"
-                               "    },"
-                               "    \"id\": \"libvirt-7\""
-                               "}") < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(test), &virtType) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (virtType != VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                       "Unexpected virt type: %d, expecting %d", virtType, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(test), &virtType) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (virtType != VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                       "Unexpected virt type: %d, expecting %d", virtType, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 static void
 testQemuMonitorJSONGetBlockInfoPrint(const struct qemuDomainDiskInfo *d)
 {
@@ -3205,7 +3154,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST(qemuMonitorJSONGetMigrationCapabilities);
     DO_TEST(qemuMonitorJSONQueryCPUs);
     DO_TEST(qemuMonitorJSONQueryCPUsFast);
-    DO_TEST(qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType);
     DO_TEST(qemuMonitorJSONSendKey);
     DO_TEST(qemuMonitorJSONGetDumpGuestMemoryCapability);
     DO_TEST(qemuMonitorJSONSendKeyHoldtime);