diff --git a/virtinst/cli.py b/virtinst/cli.py
index d7ad05976..038d395ea 100644
--- a/virtinst/cli.py
+++ b/virtinst/cli.py
@@ -3778,12 +3778,6 @@ class ParserMemballoon(VirtCLIParser):
         cls.add_arg("autodeflate", "autodeflate", is_onoff=True)
         cls.add_arg("stats.period", "stats_period")
 
-    def _parse(self, inst):
-        if self.optstr == "none":
-            self.guest.disable_default_memballoon = True
-
-        return super()._parse(inst)
-
 
 ###################
 # --panic parsing #
diff --git a/virtinst/guest.py b/virtinst/guest.py
index 6995d2c21..e292c5cd5 100644
--- a/virtinst/guest.py
+++ b/virtinst/guest.py
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
         self.skip_default_usbredir = False
         self.skip_default_graphics = False
         self.skip_default_rng = False
-        self.disable_default_memballoon = False
         self.x86_cpu_default = self.cpu.SPECIAL_MODE_APP_DEFAULT
 
         self.skip_default_osinfo = False
@@ -964,16 +963,6 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
         if not self.conn.is_qemu():
             return
 
-        # For most QEMU guests, libvirt will automatically add a memballoon
-        # device, which means that if the user has explicitly asked for it
-        # *not* to be present then we still need to create the device and
-        # set the model to "none" to let libvirt know
-        if self.disable_default_memballoon:
-            dev = DeviceMemballoon(self.conn)
-            dev.model = "none"
-            self.add_device(dev)
-            return
-
         # We know for certain that a memballoon is good to have with these
         # machine types; for other machine types, we leave the decision up
         # to libvirt