diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 0af762a287e1aa363386d7d18eae34604ea49065..4023d8e82367174eb90e9c865404eab05ce2a4d2 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -3749,7 +3749,6 @@ static Property vfio_pci_dev_properties[] = {
                     VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_VGA_BIT, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("x-req", VFIOPCIDevice, features,
                     VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_REQ_BIT, true),
-    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", VFIOPCIDevice, bootindex, -1),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-mmap", VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev.allow_mmap, true),
     /*
      * TODO - support passed fds... is this necessary?