diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 975741407d..6ce4513538 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -3625,7 +3625,6 @@ static qemuMonitorCallbacks callbacks = {
 static void
 virQEMUCapsInitQMPBasic(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 {
-    virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_BRIDGE);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_SECCOMP_SANDBOX);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DTB);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_IPV6_MIGRATION);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 79632af8ea..a6657d15a9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_CAPS_BALLOON_EVENT, /* Async event for balloon changes */
 
     /* 100 */
-    QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_BRIDGE, /* bridge helper support */
+    X_QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_BRIDGE, /* bridge helper support */
     QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI, /* -device lsi */
     QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI, /* -device virtio-scsi-* */
     QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKIO, /* -device ...logical_block_size & co */
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
index bcc623e020..dad34c6883 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
index 0d65b93608..b571fd5d82 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
index e58ede2425..181d6f8934 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.7.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
index 18b0613570..b9a6f7251e 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
index f07d222ed4..c667f43429 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
index 716c174ae4..c083d67d28 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
index 47d6bd1345..e43887630e 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.s390x.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <flag name='scsi-cd'/>
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
   <flag name='scsi-disk.wwn'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
index f95826e1a3..bba2af0b88 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
index 4eef916529..0d02329fe7 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.11.0.s390x.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <flag name='scsi-cd'/>
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
   <flag name='scsi-disk.wwn'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
index cee190de02..556e7ed3dc 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
index fce252e494..d1c9e15e08 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
index 80ba875fac..de9f072bb7 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.s390x.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <flag name='scsi-cd'/>
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
   <flag name='scsi-disk.wwn'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
index 186eba9c64..d4077234a1 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.12.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
index 1709f57770..867142bfc2 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
index ff1c073de7..9cd8f46555 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
index 0ebb86ec89..9445d48aa4 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
index d196dd28f4..0de4f85248 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
index 0b96bdd176..fcbfccc638 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
index b7d398066a..f15c4a0359 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.s390x.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <flag name='scsi-cd'/>
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
   <flag name='scsi-disk.wwn'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
index 2ed18713d3..734d791ff7 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.7.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
index 1afe2da3b3..65f62eb49c 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <flag name='scsi-cd'/>
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
   <flag name='scsi-disk.wwn'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
index 51a918219e..c4ff3470d8 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
index 158fa49763..3bd1c9d466 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
index ada4b403e0..0c1c610f86 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.s390x.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <flag name='scsi-cd'/>
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>
   <flag name='scsi-disk.wwn'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
index 6a824ecf9e..65546aca66 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <flag name='dump-guest-memory'/>
   <flag name='nec-usb-xhci'/>
   <flag name='balloon-event'/>
-  <flag name='bridge'/>
   <flag name='lsi'/>
   <flag name='virtio-scsi-pci'/>
   <flag name='blockio'/>