diff --git a/hw/isa/piix4.c b/hw/isa/piix4.c
index 196b56e69c..179968b18e 100644
--- a/hw/isa/piix4.c
+++ b/hw/isa/piix4.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct PIIX4State {
     PCIDevice dev;
     qemu_irq cpu_intr;
     qemu_irq *isa;
-    qemu_irq i8259[ISA_NUM_IRQS];
 
     RTCState rtc;
     /* Reset Control Register */
@@ -320,11 +319,7 @@ DeviceState *piix4_create(PCIBus *pci_bus, ISABus **isa_bus, I2CBus **smbus)
                                NULL, 0, NULL);
     }
 
-    pci_bus_irqs(pci_bus, piix4_set_irq, pci_slot_get_pirq, s->i8259, 4);
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < ISA_NUM_IRQS; i++) {
-        s->i8259[i] = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(dev, "isa", i);
-    }
+    pci_bus_irqs(pci_bus, piix4_set_irq, pci_slot_get_pirq, s->isa, 4);
 
     return dev;
 }