diff --git a/hw/acpi/core.c b/hw/acpi/core.c
index 3a14e90cd0..3d9e5c4a02 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/core.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/core.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qapi/opts-visitor.h"
-#include "qapi/dealloc-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi-visit.h"
 #include "qapi-event.h"
 
@@ -297,15 +296,7 @@ void acpi_table_add(const QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 out:
     g_free(blob);
     g_strfreev(pathnames);
-
-    if (hdrs != NULL) {
-        QapiDeallocVisitor *dv;
-
-        dv = qapi_dealloc_visitor_new();
-        visit_type_AcpiTableOptions(qapi_dealloc_get_visitor(dv), NULL, &hdrs,
-                                    NULL);
-        qapi_dealloc_visitor_cleanup(dv);
-    }
+    qapi_free_AcpiTableOptions(hdrs);
 
     error_propagate(errp, err);
 }
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index aebf7531a8..b0c832e1f0 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "qapi-visit.h"
 #include "qapi/opts-visitor.h"
-#include "qapi/dealloc-visitor.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "net/filter.h"
 #include "qapi/string-output-visitor.h"
@@ -1043,38 +1042,28 @@ static int net_client_init1(const void *object, int is_netdev, Error **errp)
 }
 
 
-static void net_visit(Visitor *v, int is_netdev, void **object, Error **errp)
-{
-    if (is_netdev) {
-        visit_type_Netdev(v, NULL, (Netdev **)object, errp);
-    } else {
-        visit_type_NetLegacy(v, NULL, (NetLegacy **)object, errp);
-    }
-}
-
-
 int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, int is_netdev, Error **errp)
 {
     void *object = NULL;
     Error *err = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
+    OptsVisitor *ov = opts_visitor_new(opts);
+    Visitor *v = opts_get_visitor(ov);
 
-    {
-        OptsVisitor *ov = opts_visitor_new(opts);
-
-        net_visit(opts_get_visitor(ov), is_netdev, &object, &err);
-        opts_visitor_cleanup(ov);
+    if (is_netdev) {
+        visit_type_Netdev(v, NULL, (Netdev **)&object, &err);
+    } else {
+        visit_type_NetLegacy(v, NULL, (NetLegacy **)&object, &err);
     }
 
     if (!err) {
         ret = net_client_init1(object, is_netdev, &err);
     }
 
-    if (object) {
-        QapiDeallocVisitor *dv = qapi_dealloc_visitor_new();
-
-        net_visit(qapi_dealloc_get_visitor(dv), is_netdev, &object, NULL);
-        qapi_dealloc_visitor_cleanup(dv);
+    if (is_netdev) {
+        qapi_free_Netdev(object);
+    } else {
+        qapi_free_NetLegacy(object);
     }
 
     error_propagate(errp, err);
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 4c4f7f572e..da27bf8d4f 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "include/exec/cpu-common.h" /* for RAM_ADDR_FMT */
 #include "qapi-visit.h"
 #include "qapi/opts-visitor.h"
-#include "qapi/dealloc-visitor.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
@@ -243,13 +242,7 @@ static int parse_numa(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 
 error:
     error_report_err(err);
-
-    if (object) {
-        QapiDeallocVisitor *dv = qapi_dealloc_visitor_new();
-        visit_type_NumaOptions(qapi_dealloc_get_visitor(dv), NULL, &object,
-                               NULL);
-        qapi_dealloc_visitor_cleanup(dv);
-    }
+    qapi_free_NumaOptions(object);
 
     return -1;
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-opts-visitor.c b/tests/test-opts-visitor.c
index b7acf7d294..297a02d6a2 100644
--- a/tests/test-opts-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-opts-visitor.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "qemu/option.h"          /* qemu_opts_parse() */
 #include "qapi/opts-visitor.h"    /* opts_visitor_new() */
 #include "test-qapi-visit.h"      /* visit_type_UserDefOptions() */
-#include "qapi/dealloc-visitor.h" /* qapi_dealloc_visitor_new() */
 
 static QemuOptsList userdef_opts = {
     .name = "userdef",
@@ -55,14 +54,7 @@ setup_fixture(OptsVisitorFixture *f, gconstpointer test_data)
 static void
 teardown_fixture(OptsVisitorFixture *f, gconstpointer test_data)
 {
-    if (f->userdef != NULL) {
-        QapiDeallocVisitor *dv;
-
-        dv = qapi_dealloc_visitor_new();
-        visit_type_UserDefOptions(qapi_dealloc_get_visitor(dv), NULL,
-                                  &f->userdef, NULL);
-        qapi_dealloc_visitor_cleanup(dv);
-    }
+    qapi_free_UserDefOptions(f->userdef);
     error_free(f->err);
 }