diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 353edeb2ea..a80f809b83 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1799,7 +1799,6 @@ static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     pcmc->smbios_uuid_encoded = true;
     pcmc->gigabyte_align = true;
     pcmc->has_reserved_memory = true;
-    pcmc->kvmclock_enabled = true;
     pcmc->enforce_aligned_dimm = true;
     pcmc->enforce_amd_1tb_hole = true;
     /* BIOS ACPI tables: 128K. Other BIOS datastructures: less than 4K reported
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 814d24326d..49d5d48db9 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
     pc_machine_init_sgx_epc(pcms);
     x86_cpus_init(x86ms, pcmc->default_cpu_version);
 
-    if (kvm_enabled() && pcmc->kvmclock_enabled) {
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
         kvmclock_create(pcmc->kvmclock_create_always);
     }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 27834043c3..4bb1899602 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ struct PCMachineClass {
 
     /* Device configuration: */
     bool pci_enabled;
-    bool kvmclock_enabled;
     const char *default_south_bridge;
 
     /* Compat options: */