diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index f66718a42c0b43c4669b4c057e863830153af272..0eba9f6cdc9e9ef80b87a6f03bd65c7ce8fd7c64 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ networkBuildDnsmasqArgv(virNetworkObjPtr network,
     /* need to specify local even if no domain specified */
     virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "--local=/%s/",
                            network->def->domain ? network->def->domain : "");
-    virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "--domain-needed", "--filterwin2k", NULL);
+    virCommandAddArg(cmd, "--domain-needed");
 
     if (pidfile)
         virCommandAddArgPair(cmd, "--pid-file", pidfile);
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/isolated-network.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/isolated-network.argv
index 276f42a4f66fc3cab6a6274cd0298d38e4a4ae00..048c72b28709ba0c9dee6455678922df6e3d0c03 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/isolated-network.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/isolated-network.argv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ --strict-order --bind-interfaces \
---local=// --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=// --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo --dhcp-option=3 --no-resolv \
 --listen-address 192.168.152.1 \
 --dhcp-range 192.168.152.2,192.168.152.254 \
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-hosts.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-hosts.argv
index 8040e2ae83ce76650945db70e7cf53a1e297d83c..03a067693540dafd3823a34412e7f221c2db9b40 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-hosts.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-hosts.argv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ --strict-order --bind-interfaces --domain=example.com \
---local=/example.com/ --domain-needed --filterwin2k \
+--local=/example.com/ --domain-needed \
 --conf-file= --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1 \
 --expand-hosts --addn-hosts=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.addnhosts\
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record-minimal.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record-minimal.argv
index bb50fd6ddcd92cff056babd130f01c4b0f820084..a1e420055e93632d85f4dadc0d6e7495374f9954 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record-minimal.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record-minimal.argv
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ \
 --strict-order \
 --bind-interfaces \
---local=// --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=// --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo \
 --srv-host=name.tcp.,,,, \
 --listen-address 192.168.122.1 \
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record.argv
index 36498f22334fdcaeda4c3a8ee8b1c98b8725da13..8af38c416f1c8a7107da69d9f2260fe69d4c8c99 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-srv-record.argv
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ \
 --strict-order \
 --bind-interfaces \
---local=// --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=// --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo \
 --srv-host=name.tcp.test-domain-name,.,1024,10,10 \
 --listen-address 192.168.122.1 \
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-txt-record.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-txt-record.argv
index 1b318716e5ba305bf95a325f6947c4550de044c5..80a2fce3859f96bd3095198416b6854d5c949291 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-txt-record.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network-dns-txt-record.argv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ --strict-order --bind-interfaces \
---local=// --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=// --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo --txt-record=example,example value \
 --listen-address 192.168.122.1 --listen-address 192.168.123.1 \
 --listen-address 2001:db8:ac10:fe01::1 \
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network.argv
index 265b931980f985bad5f8040edeca1a54fc582e1b..1dc8f73d16675a3acc3f169815dc116d82720b97 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/nat-network.argv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ --strict-order --bind-interfaces \
---local=// --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=// --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1 \
 --listen-address 192.168.123.1 --listen-address 2001:db8:ac10:fe01::1 \
 --listen-address 2001:db8:ac10:fd01::1 --listen-address 10.24.10.1 \
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-network.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-network.argv
index 4f998d576c592946d14063bda33a9a7ea4bdbe6f..5a85ec2e7a2cfcce5504ae7cf1523303a38c722f 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-network.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-network.argv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ --strict-order --bind-interfaces --domain=example.com \
---local=/example.com/ --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=/example.com/ --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1 \
 --dhcp-range 192.168.122.2,192.168.122.254 \
 --dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/netboot.leases \
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-proxy-network.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-proxy-network.argv
index 89319ef4fe56ff1a344b83ad27088116d028f430..36836b09d32cd47b5b95a8e0bc00f164d68952ba 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-proxy-network.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/netboot-proxy-network.argv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ --strict-order --bind-interfaces --domain=example.com \
---local=/example.com/ --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=/example.com/ --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1 \
 --dhcp-range 192.168.122.2,192.168.122.254 \
 --dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/netboot.leases \
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/routed-network.argv b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/routed-network.argv
index ac439911780b5a3278c6f812a1eb93b60a683f5b..77e802f8434360aedc719379bf2a1483d725428c 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2argvdata/routed-network.argv
+++ b/tests/networkxml2argvdata/routed-network.argv
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @DNSMASQ@ --strict-order --bind-interfaces \
---local=// --domain-needed --filterwin2k --conf-file= \
+--local=// --domain-needed --conf-file= \
 --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1\