diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index 74631378c6..88f2aa8c49 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -1874,12 +1874,6 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefNetwork(const virDomainNetDef *net,
                                _("tx_queue_size has to be a power of two"));
                 return -1;
             }
-            if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_SIZE)) {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                               _("virtio tx_queue_size option is not supported "
-                                 "with this QEMU binary"));
-                return -1;
-            }
         }
 
         if (net->driver.virtio.rss &&
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 98ba6633f8..029e60947f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1465,8 +1465,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio-disable-offloads");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio-netdev");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("net-virtio-ccw", "s390x");
-    DO_TEST("net-virtio-rxtxqueuesize",
-            QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_SIZE);
+    DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio-rxtxqueuesize");
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("net-virtio-rxqueuesize-invalid-size");
     DO_TEST("net-virtio-teaming",
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_NET_FAILOVER,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 22397f209f..e8261b7e8c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -467,8 +467,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-eth-hostip");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-eth-unmanaged-tap");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio-network-portgroup");
-    DO_TEST("net-virtio-rxtxqueuesize",
-            QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_SIZE);
+    DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio-rxtxqueuesize");
     DO_TEST("net-virtio-teaming",
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_NET_FAILOVER,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);