diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 6b6ff7a54b..37eed1f336 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -3626,7 +3626,6 @@ static qemuMonitorCallbacks callbacks = {
static void
virQEMUCapsInitQMPBasic(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
{
- virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_COPY_ON_READ);
virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_FSDEV_WRITEOUT);
virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_IOTUNE);
virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_WAKEUP);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 97633b1131..9a3a3afeb6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ typedef enum {
/* 80 */
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI, /* virtio-blk-pci.scsi */
X_QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SG_IO, /* SG_IO commands */
- QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_COPY_ON_READ, /* -drive copy-on-read */
+ X_QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_COPY_ON_READ, /* -drive copy-on-read */
X_QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST, /* support for -cpu host */
QEMU_CAPS_FSDEV_WRITEOUT, /* -fsdev writeout supported */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 8ff1d362ab..4bdf360fac 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1348,13 +1348,6 @@ qemuCheckDiskConfig(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
return -1;
}
- if (disk->copy_on_read &&
- !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_COPY_ON_READ)) {
- virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
- _("copy_on_read is not supported by this QEMU binary"));
- return -1;
- }
-
if (disk->discard &&
!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_DISCARD)) {
virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
index f9d7babc98..9ffe77a890 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
index da4cf265d4..81fa3e5988 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
index cbf81f0f05..7f06a83296 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
index 306fc30895..aa09231fa0 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
index d80038c4e0..db0a79fc76 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
index c8d5818761..794a256264 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
index f71dfd8647..6354749dc2 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
index 767fa0a42e..cc001cbbfe 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
index fd1952c3cc..a1d2c419cd 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
index 4f3d32abf2..947698360e 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
index 6d15fd4102..a3900e79fb 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
index 259277ae75..3d1c86bd11 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
index e44ae68252..34e3fa50bd 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
index 294a110e96..3db0b3476a 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
index fd95ccf560..f73c13b36d 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
index dc9741e76f..07d3b3a192 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
index 71d3ab282b..bf2064d857 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
index cd1bb4d709..f8a7940cc0 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
index b0be73ce54..766ba36a9b 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
index 6c135ab275..a2cbf61ba2 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
index 85b57d9c3a..93031654da 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
index f362433d0f..93a0522a9e 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
index d78567689f..8ea49029e1 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
index e585940edc..5de3336806 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
index 9e97990752..bc9480c2ce 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
-
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-drive-copy-on-read.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-drive-copy-on-read.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a5f5a99c1..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-drive-copy-on-read.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/home/test \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,\
-copy-on-read=on \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 7f18557824..4d864ac616 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -950,8 +950,6 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("disk-drive-cache-v2-none", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-drive-cache-directsync", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-drive-cache-unsafe", NONE);
- DO_TEST("disk-drive-copy-on-read",
- QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_COPY_ON_READ);
DO_TEST("disk-drive-network-nbd", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-drive-network-nbd-export", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6", NONE);
@@ -1036,7 +1034,6 @@ mymain(void)
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_TX_ALG,
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI);
DO_TEST("disk-copy_on_read",
- QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_COPY_ON_READ,
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_TX_ALG,
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI);
DO_TEST("disk-drive-discard",