diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 8348460cf0..c844566d34 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1959,10 +1959,6 @@ qemuDomainDefAddDefaultDevices(virDomainDefPtr def,
             !virDomainDefAddController(def, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI, 1,
                                       VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE))
             goto cleanup;
-        if (virDomainControllerFind(def, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI, 2) < 0 &&
-            !virDomainDefAddController(def, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI, 2,
-                                       VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_BRIDGE))
-            goto cleanup;
     }
 
     if (addDefaultMemballoon && !def->memballoon) {
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
index 1163245aee..2a5702f8fa 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -append 'earlyprintk console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 rw root=/dev/vda rootwait' \
 -dtb /aarch64.dtb \
 -device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 \
--device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 \
 -device virtio-serial-device,id=virtio-serial0 \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/aarch64.raw,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
index 9aaed4b701..a2df858f42 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -append 'earlyprintk console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 rw root=/dev/vda rootwait' \
 -dtb /aarch64.dtb \
 -device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 \
--device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 \
 -device virtio-serial-device,id=virtio-serial0 \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/aarch64.raw,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args
index d6b139f3d7..ade7acc141 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot c \
--device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
--device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0
+-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.xml
index be2e113d2c..a212601ec6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
       <model name='i82801b11-bridge'/>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
     </controller>
-    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'>
-      <model name='pci-bridge'/>
-      <target chassisNr='2'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
-    </controller>
     <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
       <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
     </controller>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pcie-root.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pcie-root.xml
index 7f2e21a455..80dc35ea0d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pcie-root.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pcie-root.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
       <model name='i82801b11-bridge'/>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/>
     </controller>
-    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'>
-      <model name='pci-bridge'/>
-      <target chassisNr='2'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
-    </controller>
     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
     <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
     <memballoon model='none'/>