diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 04c5c28438f414d186eb5b076b0aacdbd281b69e..9351b9fddbe03fe12a8b0785f3777628632f2659 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -8195,8 +8195,7 @@ qemuBuildVhostuserCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                               virDomainDefPtr def,
                               virDomainNetDefPtr net,
                               virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                              unsigned int bootindex,
-                              bool chardevStdioLogd)
+                              unsigned int bootindex)
 {
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     char *chardev = NULL;
@@ -8217,7 +8216,7 @@ qemuBuildVhostuserCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                                cmd, cfg, def,
                                                net->data.vhostuser,
                                                net->info.alias, qemuCaps, false,
-                                               chardevStdioLogd)))
+                                               false)))
             goto cleanup;
         break;
 
@@ -8291,8 +8290,7 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                               virNetDevVPortProfileOp vmop,
                               bool standalone,
                               size_t *nnicindexes,
-                              int **nicindexes,
-                              bool chardevStdioLogd)
+                              int **nicindexes)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     char *nic = NULL, *host = NULL;
@@ -8415,8 +8413,7 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER:
         ret = qemuBuildVhostuserCommandLine(driver, logManager, secManager, cmd, def,
-                                            net, qemuCaps, bootindex,
-                                            chardevStdioLogd);
+                                            net, qemuCaps, bootindex);
         goto cleanup;
         break;
 
@@ -8600,8 +8597,7 @@ qemuBuildNetCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                         bool standalone,
                         size_t *nnicindexes,
                         int **nicindexes,
-                        unsigned int *bootHostdevNet,
-                        bool chardevStdioLogd)
+                        unsigned int *bootHostdevNet)
 {
     size_t i;
     int last_good_net = -1;
@@ -8628,8 +8624,7 @@ qemuBuildNetCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             if (qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(driver, logManager, secManager, cmd, def, net,
                                               qemuCaps, bootNet, vmop,
                                               standalone, nnicindexes,
-                                              nicindexes,
-                                              chardevStdioLogd) < 0)
+                                              nicindexes) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
             last_good_net = i;
@@ -10290,8 +10285,7 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     if (qemuBuildNetCommandLine(driver, logManager, secManager, cmd, def,
                                 qemuCaps, vmop, standalone,
-                                nnicindexes, nicindexes, &bootHostdevNet,
-                                chardevStdioLogd) < 0)
+                                nnicindexes, nicindexes, &bootHostdevNet) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (qemuBuildSmartcardCommandLine(logManager, secManager, cmd, cfg, def, qemuCaps,