diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d38b952c861e314fe2d584f0011adf73fb3aa815..11f85bf7d97699ca6ca1b6292c3e1ac6b6ab383b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ int main(void) { spice_server_new(); return 0; }
 EOF
   spice_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags spice-protocol spice-server 2>/dev/null)
   spice_libs=$($pkg_config --libs spice-protocol spice-server 2>/dev/null)
-  if $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.5.3 spice-server >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+  if $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.6.0 spice-server >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
      compile_prog "$spice_cflags" "$spice_libs" ; then
     spice="yes"
     libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $spice_libs"
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index 457d34d8bd647ac92233476008f8973be1ef6b52..dd9905be363106308c8982053498a14a875776fe 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ static int parse_name(const char *string, const char *optname,
     exit(1);
 }
 
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000600 /* 0.6.0 */
-
 static const char *stream_video_names[] = {
     [ SPICE_STREAM_VIDEO_OFF ]    = "off",
     [ SPICE_STREAM_VIDEO_ALL ]    = "all",
@@ -309,8 +307,6 @@ static const char *stream_video_names[] = {
 #define parse_stream_video(_name) \
     name2enum(_name, stream_video_names, ARRAY_SIZE(stream_video_names))
 
-#endif /* >= 0.6.0 */
-
 static const char *compression_names[] = {
     [ SPICE_IMAGE_COMPRESS_OFF ]      = "off",
     [ SPICE_IMAGE_COMPRESS_AUTO_GLZ ] = "auto_glz",
@@ -593,8 +589,6 @@ void qemu_spice_init(void)
     }
     spice_server_set_zlib_glz_compression(spice_server, wan_compr);
 
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000600 /* 0.6.0 */
-
     str = qemu_opt_get(opts, "streaming-video");
     if (str) {
         int streaming_video = parse_stream_video(str);
@@ -606,8 +600,6 @@ void qemu_spice_init(void)
     spice_server_set_playback_compression
         (spice_server, qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "playback-compression", 1));
 
-#endif /* >= 0.6.0 */
-
     qemu_opt_foreach(opts, add_channel, NULL, 0);
 
     spice_server_init(spice_server, &core_interface);