diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 7ae63cc723..437c7457f0 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ typedef enum {
    VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES = (1<<18),
    VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_ALLOW_ROM = (1<<19),
    VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_ALLOW_BOOT = (1<<20),
-   VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_BASEDATE = (1 << 21),
 } virDomainXMLInternalFlags;
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainTaint, VIR_DOMAIN_TAINT_LAST,
@@ -12047,16 +12046,6 @@ virDomainDefParseXML(xmlDocPtr xml,
         break;
     }
 
-    if (def->clock.offset == VIR_DOMAIN_CLOCK_OFFSET_VARIABLE &&
-        flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_BASEDATE) {
-        if (virXPathULongLong("number(./clock/@basedate)", ctxt,
-                              &def->clock.data.variable.basedate) < 0) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
-                           _("invalid basedate"));
-            goto error;
-        }
-    }
-
     if ((n = virXPathNodeSet("./clock/timer", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
         goto error;
 
@@ -17128,8 +17117,7 @@ virDomainResourceDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
 
 verify(((VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_STATUS |
          VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_ACTUAL_NET |
-         VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES |
-         VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_BASEDATE)
+         VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES)
         & DUMPXML_FLAGS) == 0);
 
 /* This internal version can accept VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_*,
@@ -17151,8 +17139,7 @@ virDomainDefFormatInternal(virDomainDefPtr def,
     virCheckFlags(DUMPXML_FLAGS |
                   VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_STATUS |
                   VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_ACTUAL_NET |
-                  VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES |
-                  VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_BASEDATE,
+                  VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES,
                   -1);
 
     if (!(type = virDomainVirtTypeToString(def->virtType))) {
@@ -17686,10 +17673,6 @@ virDomainDefFormatInternal(virDomainDefPtr def,
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, " adjustment='%lld' basis='%s'",
                           def->clock.data.variable.adjustment,
                           virDomainClockBasisTypeToString(def->clock.data.variable.basis));
-
-        if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_BASEDATE)
-            virBufferAsprintf(buf, " basedate='%llu'",
-                              def->clock.data.variable.basedate);
         break;
     case VIR_DOMAIN_CLOCK_OFFSET_TIMEZONE:
         virBufferEscapeString(buf, " timezone='%s'", def->clock.data.timezone);
@@ -18120,8 +18103,7 @@ virDomainSaveStatus(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     unsigned int flags = (VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE |
                           VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_STATUS |
                           VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_ACTUAL_NET |
-                          VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES |
-                          VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_BASEDATE);
+                          VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES);
 
     int ret = -1;
     char *xml;
@@ -18209,8 +18191,7 @@ virDomainObjListLoadStatus(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
     if (!(obj = virDomainObjParseFile(statusFile, caps, xmlopt, expectedVirtTypes,
                                       VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_STATUS |
                                       VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_ACTUAL_NET |
-                                      VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES |
-                                      VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_BASEDATE)))
+                                      VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_PCI_ORIG_STATES)))
         goto error;
 
     virUUIDFormat(obj->def->uuid, uuidstr);
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index bde303c7aa..94285e3438 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1727,11 +1727,6 @@ struct _virDomainClockDef {
         struct {
             long long adjustment;
             int basis;
-
-            /* Store the base date (-rtc base=$date, in seconds
-             * since the Epoch) of guest process, internal only
-             */
-            unsigned long long basedate;
         } variable;
 
         /* Timezone name, when
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 0a7b2ff597..ddf83299b0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -5999,9 +5999,6 @@ qemuBuildClockArgStr(virDomainClockDefPtr def)
             break;
         }
 
-        /* Store the guest's basedate */
-        def->data.variable.basedate = now;
-
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "base=%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d",
                           nowbits.tm_year + 1900,
                           nowbits.tm_mon + 1,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4aa9ca3712..bf354626a6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -843,19 +843,6 @@ qemuProcessHandleRTCChange(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
 
     virObjectLock(vm);
-
-    /* QEMU's RTC_CHANGE event returns the offset from the specified
-     * date instead of the host UTC if a specific date is provided
-     * (-rtc base=$date). We need to convert it to be offset from
-     * host UTC.
-     */
-    if (vm->def->clock.offset == VIR_DOMAIN_CLOCK_OFFSET_VARIABLE) {
-        time_t now = time(NULL);
-
-        offset += vm->def->clock.data.variable.basedate -
-                  (unsigned long long)now;
-    }
-
     event = virDomainEventRTCChangeNewFromObj(vm, offset);
 
     if (vm->def->clock.offset == VIR_DOMAIN_CLOCK_OFFSET_VARIABLE)