diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 84cbfe1b4d..0d7b1559a5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1680,14 +1680,6 @@ qemuCollectPCIAddress(virDomainDefPtr def ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
          */
         flags = VIR_PCI_CONNECT_TYPE_PCI | VIR_PCI_CONNECT_TYPE_PCIE;
         break;
-
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NET:
-        if (STREQ(device->data.net->model, "virtio")) {
-            /* virtio-net-pci adapter in qemu has to be plugged into PCIe slot
-             * in order to be able to use irqfds with vhost-net
-             */
-            flags = VIR_PCI_CONNECT_TYPE_PCI | VIR_PCI_CONNECT_TYPE_PCIE;
-        }
     }
 
     /* Ignore implicit controllers on slot 0:0:1.0: