diff --git a/accel/dummy-cpus.c b/accel/dummy-cpus.c
index f4b0ec5890..20519f1ea4 100644
--- a/accel/dummy-cpus.c
+++ b/accel/dummy-cpus.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ static void *dummy_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     bql_lock();
     qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
     cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->neg.can_do_io = true;
     current_cpu = cpu;
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
diff --git a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
index 8eabb696fa..d94d41ab6d 100644
--- a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
+++ b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ static void *hvf_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
 
     cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->neg.can_do_io = true;
     current_cpu = cpu;
 
     hvf_init_vcpu(cpu);
diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-accel-ops.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-accel-ops.c
index 45ff06e953..b3c946dc4b 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-accel-ops.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-accel-ops.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static void *kvm_vcpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     bql_lock();
     qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
     cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->neg.can_do_io = true;
     current_cpu = cpu;
 
     r = kvm_init_vcpu(cpu, &error_fatal);