diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 3d2e51140efbc49fb1506cdd0c4646e47cea3be3..8ec4b1a6c9837c9f8ea482721b24f3981f00ebb7 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -618,16 +618,12 @@ int inet_parse(InetSocketAddress *addr, const char *str, Error **errp)
             error_setg(errp, "error parsing IPv6 address '%s'", str);
             return -1;
         }
-        addr->ipv6 = addr->has_ipv6 = true;
     } else {
         /* hostname or IPv4 addr */
         if (sscanf(str, "%64[^:]:%32[^,]%n", host, port, &pos) != 2) {
             error_setg(errp, "error parsing address '%s'", str);
             return -1;
         }
-        if (host[strspn(host, "0123456789.")] == '\0') {
-            addr->ipv4 = addr->has_ipv4 = true;
-        }
     }
 
     addr->host = g_strdup(host);