diff --git a/include/migration/colo.h b/include/migration/colo.h
index be6beba3010115a5e7862d1d4d46ffe5f9eab60a..ff9874ea16c56bfd67042f1514181d104a26da4e 100644
--- a/include/migration/colo.h
+++ b/include/migration/colo.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-bool colo_supported(void);
 void colo_info_init(void);
 
 void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s);
diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index ef35f00c9a93611e8ce304463af9513e1e4b9677..a4255432ac40bf5348dd5fa32e0426ce51ec9128 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ static bool vmstate_loading;
 
 #define COLO_BUFFER_BASE_SIZE (4 * 1024 * 1024)
 
-bool colo_supported(void)
-{
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool migration_in_colo_state(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index c59dad9948cdca1a24d87e0b2f18953f0fa35b85..915c8cc11f224f70bf50eb0e191043b93a53f495 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -412,9 +412,6 @@ MigrationCapabilityStatusList *qmp_query_migrate_capabilities(Error **errp)
             continue;
         }
 #endif
-        if (i == MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_COLO && !colo_supported()) {
-            continue;
-        }
         if (head == NULL) {
             head = g_malloc0(sizeof(*caps));
             caps = head;
@@ -613,14 +610,6 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_capabilities(MigrationCapabilityStatusList *params,
             continue;
         }
 #endif
-        if (cap->value->capability == MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_COLO) {
-            if (!colo_supported()) {
-                error_setg(errp, "COLO is not currently supported, please"
-                             " configure with --enable-colo option in order to"
-                             " support COLO feature");
-                continue;
-            }
-        }
         s->enabled_capabilities[cap->value->capability] = cap->value->state;
     }