diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index ddca611804..ec712d3ca2 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -543,22 +543,6 @@ static void interface_set_compression_level(QXLInstance *sin, int level)
     qxl_rom_set_dirty(qxl);
 }
 
-#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
-static void interface_set_mm_time(QXLInstance *sin, uint32_t mm_time)
-{
-    PCIQXLDevice *qxl = container_of(sin, PCIQXLDevice, ssd.qxl);
-
-    if (!qemu_spice_display_is_running(&qxl->ssd)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    trace_qxl_interface_set_mm_time(qxl->id, mm_time);
-    qxl->shadow_rom.mm_clock = cpu_to_le32(mm_time);
-    qxl->rom->mm_clock = cpu_to_le32(mm_time);
-    qxl_rom_set_dirty(qxl);
-}
-#endif
-
 static void interface_get_init_info(QXLInstance *sin, QXLDevInitInfo *info)
 {
     PCIQXLDevice *qxl = container_of(sin, PCIQXLDevice, ssd.qxl);
@@ -1145,9 +1129,6 @@ static const QXLInterface qxl_interface = {
 #endif
 
     .set_compression_level   = interface_set_compression_level,
-#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
-    .set_mm_time             = interface_set_mm_time,
-#endif
     .get_init_info           = interface_get_init_info,
 
     /* the callbacks below are called from spice server thread context */
diff --git a/hw/display/trace-events b/hw/display/trace-events
index 0c0ffcbe42..2336a0ca15 100644
--- a/hw/display/trace-events
+++ b/hw/display/trace-events
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ virtio_gpu_fence_ctrl(uint64_t fence, uint32_t type) "fence 0x%" PRIx64 ", type
 virtio_gpu_fence_resp(uint64_t fence) "fence 0x%" PRIx64
 
 # qxl.c
-disable qxl_interface_set_mm_time(int qid, uint32_t mm_time) "%d %d"
 disable qxl_io_write_vga(int qid, const char *mode, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val) "%d %s addr=%u val=%u"
 qxl_create_guest_primary(int qid, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint64_t mem, uint32_t format, uint32_t position) "%d %ux%u mem=0x%" PRIx64 " %u,%u"
 qxl_create_guest_primary_rest(int qid, int32_t stride, uint32_t type, uint32_t flags) "%d %d,%d,%d"
diff --git a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
index a7a1890b3f..b7d493742c 100644
--- a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
+++ b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ int qemu_spice_add_display_interface(QXLInstance *qxlin, QemuConsole *con);
 int qemu_spice_migrate_info(const char *hostname, int port, int tls_port,
                             const char *subject);
 
-#define SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME 0
-
 #if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000f00 /* release 0.15.0 */
 #define SPICE_HAS_ATTACHED_WORKER 1
 #else
diff --git a/ui/spice-display.c b/ui/spice-display.c
index 494168e7fe..0616a6982f 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.c
+++ b/ui/spice-display.c
@@ -517,13 +517,6 @@ static void interface_set_compression_level(QXLInstance *sin, int level)
     /* nothing to do */
 }
 
-#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
-static void interface_set_mm_time(QXLInstance *sin, uint32_t mm_time)
-{
-    /* nothing to do */
-}
-#endif
-
 static void interface_get_init_info(QXLInstance *sin, QXLDevInitInfo *info)
 {
     SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd = container_of(sin, SimpleSpiceDisplay, qxl);
@@ -715,9 +708,6 @@ static const QXLInterface dpy_interface = {
     .attache_worker          = interface_attach_worker,
 #endif
     .set_compression_level   = interface_set_compression_level,
-#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
-    .set_mm_time             = interface_set_mm_time,
-#endif
     .get_init_info           = interface_get_init_info,
 
     /* the callbacks below are called from spice server thread context */