diff --git a/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c b/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
index f34eacda03e7e8be7a314642f4bf99cd576eb356..a00d0a7962e1fa03d1083285f5ec2a49adb56e0a 100644
--- a/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
+++ b/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
@@ -279,39 +279,6 @@ void ics_kvm_set_irq(ICSState *ics, int srcno, int val)
     }
 }
 
-static void ics_kvm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
-{
-    ICSState *ics = ICS_KVM(dev);
-    ICSStateClass *icsc = ICS_BASE_GET_CLASS(ics);
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-    icsc->parent_realize(dev, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-        return;
-    }
-}
-
-static void ics_kvm_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
-{
-    ICSStateClass *icsc = ICS_BASE_CLASS(klass);
-    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-
-    device_class_set_parent_realize(dc, ics_kvm_realize,
-                                    &icsc->parent_realize);
-}
-
-static const TypeInfo ics_kvm_info = {
-    .name = TYPE_ICS_KVM,
-    .parent = TYPE_ICS_BASE,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(ICSState),
-    .class_init = ics_kvm_class_init,
-};
-
-/*
- * XICS-KVM
- */
-
 static void rtas_dummy(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
                        uint32_t token,
                        uint32_t nargs, target_ulong args,
@@ -381,10 +348,3 @@ fail:
     kvmppc_define_rtas_kernel_token(0, "ibm,int-off");
     return -1;
 }
-
-static void xics_kvm_register_types(void)
-{
-    type_register_static(&ics_kvm_info);
-}
-
-type_init(xics_kvm_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
index 4aa8165307c7274b23cfa27e7b14da0d3ac971f1..4297eed600f9390e103315caa806aa1a92b76f98 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void spapr_irq_cpu_intc_create_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
 
 static int spapr_irq_post_load_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, int version_id)
 {
-    if (!object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(spapr->ics), TYPE_ICS_KVM)) {
+    if (!kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
         CPUState *cs;
         CPU_FOREACH(cs) {
             PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/xics.h b/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
index 61bd0fb9784f7ae97bef4018dd5a96153593f967..d36bbe11ee2ea98fcf68a41fe25b6f99014276cc 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ struct PnvICPState {
 #define TYPE_ICS_SIMPLE "ics"
 #define ICS_SIMPLE(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(ICSState, (obj), TYPE_ICS_SIMPLE)
 
-#define TYPE_ICS_KVM "icskvm"
-#define ICS_KVM(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(ICSState, (obj), TYPE_ICS_KVM)
-
 #define ICS_BASE_CLASS(klass) \
      OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(ICSStateClass, (klass), TYPE_ICS_BASE)
 #define ICS_BASE_GET_CLASS(obj) \