diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index ad9451e8f8..45ab5bbb68 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -3000,23 +3000,6 @@ virQEMUCapsProbeQMPGICCapabilities(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     return 0;
 }
 
-int virQEMUCapsProbeQMP(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                        qemuMonitorPtr mon)
-{
-    VIR_DEBUG("qemuCaps=%p mon=%p", qemuCaps, mon);
-
-    if (qemuCaps->usedQMP)
-        return 0;
-
-    if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCommands(qemuCaps, mon) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPEvents(qemuCaps, mon) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 
 static bool
 virQEMUCapsCPUFilterFeatures(const char *name,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index b3175a5211..ee4bbb329f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -400,9 +400,6 @@ typedef virQEMUCapsCache *virQEMUCapsCachePtr;
 
 virQEMUCapsPtr virQEMUCapsNew(void);
 
-int virQEMUCapsProbeQMP(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                        qemuMonitorPtr mon);
-
 void virQEMUCapsSet(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                     virQEMUCapsFlags flag) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 64a3f95ea4..4b82a971d2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -1723,10 +1723,6 @@ qemuConnectMonitor(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainObjPtr vm, int asyncJob,
     if (qemuMonitorSetCapabilities(priv->mon) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_MONITOR_JSON) &&
-        virQEMUCapsProbeQMP(priv->qemuCaps, priv->mon) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
     if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_MIGRATION_EVENT) &&
         qemuMonitorSetMigrationCapability(priv->mon,
                                           QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATION_CAPS_EVENTS,