diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b28ed4a6dc..7d69b8bcb4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([long])
 dnl Availability of various common functions (non-fatal if missing),
 dnl and various less common threadsafe functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([\
-  cfmakeraw \
   fallocate \
   geteuid \
   getgid \
diff --git a/src/util/virfdstream.c b/src/util/virfdstream.c
index 719185d992..a903107afb 100644
--- a/src/util/virfdstream.c
+++ b/src/util/virfdstream.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 # include <sys/un.h>
 #endif
 #include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <termios.h>
+#ifndef WIN32
+# include <termios.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "virfdstream.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
@@ -1361,7 +1363,7 @@ int virFDStreamCreateFile(virStreamPtr st,
                                        false, false);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CFMAKERAW
+#ifndef WIN32
 int virFDStreamOpenPTY(virStreamPtr st,
                        const char *path,
                        unsigned long long offset,
@@ -1401,7 +1403,7 @@ int virFDStreamOpenPTY(virStreamPtr st,
     virFDStreamClose(st);
     return -1;
 }
-#else /* !HAVE_CFMAKERAW */
+#else /* WIN32 */
 int virFDStreamOpenPTY(virStreamPtr st,
                        const char *path,
                        unsigned long long offset,
@@ -1413,7 +1415,7 @@ int virFDStreamOpenPTY(virStreamPtr st,
                                        oflags | O_CREAT, 0,
                                        false, false);
 }
-#endif /* !HAVE_CFMAKERAW */
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
 int virFDStreamOpenBlockDevice(virStreamPtr st,
                                const char *path,
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index 8bd03f8176..b3a63fa2ea 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 
 #include <passfd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <termios.h>
+#ifndef WIN32
+# include <termios.h>
+#endif /* !WIN32 */
 #ifdef HAVE_PTY_H
 /* Linux openpty */
 # include <pty.h>
diff --git a/src/util/virutil.c b/src/util/virutil.c
index c14c02a8c4..7c2c5a78f6 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.c
+++ b/src/util/virutil.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <termios.h>
 
 #if WITH_DEVMAPPER
 # include <libdevmapper.h>
diff --git a/tools/virsh.h b/tools/virsh.h
index 903a2e53b6..fa9e54b1d1 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.h
+++ b/tools/virsh.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <termios.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
diff --git a/tools/vsh.c b/tools/vsh.c
index a36b6bfe23..5c8908f240 100644
--- a/tools/vsh.c
+++ b/tools/vsh.c
@@ -1928,21 +1928,6 @@ vshTTYRestore(vshControl *ctl G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 }
 
 
-#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_CFMAKERAW)
-/* provide fallback in case cfmakeraw isn't available */
-static void
-cfmakeraw(struct termios *attr)
-{
-    attr->c_iflag &= ~(IGNBRK | BRKINT | PARMRK | ISTRIP
-                         | INLCR | IGNCR | ICRNL | IXON);
-    attr->c_oflag &= ~OPOST;
-    attr->c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ECHONL | ICANON | ISIG | IEXTEN);
-    attr->c_cflag &= ~(CSIZE | PARENB);
-    attr->c_cflag |= CS8;
-}
-#endif /* !WIN32 && !HAVE_CFMAKERAW */
-
-
 int
 vshTTYMakeRaw(vshControl *ctl G_GNUC_UNUSED,
               bool report_errors G_GNUC_UNUSED)
diff --git a/tools/vsh.h b/tools/vsh.h
index 960cae8df0..174116b369 100644
--- a/tools/vsh.h
+++ b/tools/vsh.h
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <termios.h>
+#ifndef WIN32
+# include <termios.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "virerror.h"