diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-missing-graphics.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-missing-graphics.xml
index ea559a64440cf6588033560da9224daa1e43d710..55b60ba1333431f2eafd7634c1088cd63d3ca4e9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-missing-graphics.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-missing-graphics.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args
index 0ac90c81d2d6a2c3d7abc3b358f6a7906d53ed95..b84869264eb5969d3b97e3ea51b4e0b4ba79ed15 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/master-key.aes \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
 -spice port=0,seamless-migration=on \
 -display egl-headless \
 -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.xml
index c8f10c2f3ae411837ee36b25d2d6c3216cecd41f..3a686ad2bf718c9bad5beac513c3888144a9fe43 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-egl-headless.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.x86_64-latest.args
index 1fd9fdaa16783c3f1dc25c91fba9875e10f6cda6..80c56abfb9677cde51a8e483fbdf18e7e954c9d1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/master-key.aes \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
 -spice port=0,gl=on,rendernode=/dev/dri/foo,seamless-migration=on \
 -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,\
 vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,max_outputs=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.xml
index 18c9817608e4c4ecdbc193e3aa8c2e0e1a8a218e..a632e58a41ee5424aed8c2d9264924cf0e963553 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-spice-opengl.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args
index cdf545d0e0edaaddf0a5d097918b33ca4eec893e..91708d76634ff2ebf842f5de841deff694800bff 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/master-key.aes \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 \
 -display egl-headless \
 -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.xml
index b3eaeeef1308b9ffdfe4fef3f03821acb859658d..ddcf617692ae4d008516a3446dddedf4e646021b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc-egl-headless.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.x86_64-latest.args
index 19439afda9c63df4866763f4d71e74f944968abd..dd84b74183e81c629e22c34bca14fc7a74092389 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/master-key.aes \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 \
 -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,\
 vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,max_outputs=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.xml
index f5b3575c04a66a82c678702eacaa78029d35d2d3..a70f5068658fe60857da93306aba8752494c187b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display-vnc.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml
index f37e08e1b9a69c43cc0adc2d3ca60b816375e630..ac4e9a7eaa7500521a8c48c65df6d0091218b87d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-invalid-target-address.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-invalid-target-address.xml
index 7251a304a5bb95b35dce6e722bfb4fc840529718..a5c10b84019d18c572fb98a50deaab2a7460a560 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-invalid-target-address.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-invalid-target-address.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
     <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.args
index d4090e74573c977c4c463e975354befec81ab201..5d41ba2af551f4c55570b5eb0ce06dc1fe494fd1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.args
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ server,nowait \
 -no-shutdown \
 -no-acpi \
 -usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,\
-bootindex=1 \
 -device vfio-pci,id=hostdev0,\
 sysfsdev=/sys/bus/mdev/devices/53764d0e-85a0-42b4-af5c-2046b460b1dc,bus=pci.0,\
 addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml
index 5b5028f202bb6c6fbbe2ee51c3d6eb026a2b8480..a525b23550aed77a04de4a482aa7c52527f38331 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-src-address-invalid.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-src-address-invalid.xml
index 9ec043827f34768e6eade466b5643521c4942a52..6a321c8a4297708773334df88115797cc92e1012 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-src-address-invalid.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-mdev-src-address-invalid.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
     </controller>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml
index 94c11b11992e8d62880cd56ab0d5dfd2af792920..d0a85913ac5abc2f427da5a4a67fe64eefeda52e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-display.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
     </controller>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml
index 2ee24dec2da4af705f3bbb8b5c957b1699e095b4..9d35fac366d485967867b2aa441744d1aa2af544 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hostdev-mdev-precreated.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
     </controller>