diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 5403355..b59bd81 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ static int bdrv_is_whitelisted(BlockDriver *drv, bool read_only)
     return 0;
 }
 
+bool bdrv_uses_whitelist(void)
+{
+    return use_bdrv_whitelist;
+}
+
 typedef struct CreateCo {
     BlockDriver *drv;
     char *filename;
@@ -1021,13 +1026,6 @@ static int bdrv_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvChild *file,
         goto free_and_fail;
     }
 
-    if (bs->encrypted) {
-        error_report("Encrypted images are deprecated");
-        error_printf("Support for them will be removed in a future release.\n"
-                     "You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image"
-                     " to an unencrypted one.\n");
-    }
-
     ret = refresh_total_sectors(bs, bs->total_sectors);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not refresh total sector count");
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 2fc7c3c..3ae438e 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ static int qcow_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     s->crypt_method_header = header.crypt_method;
     if (s->crypt_method_header) {
         if (s->crypt_method_header == QCOW_CRYPT_AES) {
+            if (bdrv_uses_whitelist()) {
+                error_setg(errp,
+                           "Use of AES-CBC encrypted qcow images is no longer "
+                           "supported. Please use the qcow2 LUKS format instead.");
+                ret = -ENOSYS;
+                goto fail;
+            }
+
             ov = opts_visitor_new(opts);
 
             crypto_opts = g_new0(QCryptoBlockOpenOptions, 1);
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 1fbae85..a737c6c 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1209,6 +1209,14 @@ static int qcow2_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     s->crypt_method_header = header.crypt_method;
     if (s->crypt_method_header) {
+        if (bdrv_uses_whitelist() &&
+            s->crypt_method_header == QCOW_CRYPT_AES) {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "Use of AES-CBC encrypted qcow2 images is no longer "
+                       "supported. Please use the qcow2 LUKS format instead.");
+            ret = -ENOSYS;
+            goto fail;
+        }
         bs->encrypted = 1;
     }
 
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 379a24c..58006d2 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ void bdrv_io_limits_update_group(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *group);
 
 void bdrv_init(void);
 void bdrv_init_with_whitelist(void);
+bool bdrv_uses_whitelist(void);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_find_protocol(const char *filename,
                                 bool allow_protocol_prefix,
                                 Error **errp);
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out
index c9f0bc5..e0bedc0 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o encryption=off TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 64M
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=67108864 encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 --object secret,id=sec0,data=123456 -o encryption=on,key-secret=sec0 TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 64M
-qemu-img: Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=67108864 encryption=on cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 key-secret=sec0
 
 == Check lazy_refcounts option (only with v3) ==
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out
index 6582dda..b8842d5 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/087.out
@@ -38,17 +38,11 @@ QMP_VERSION
 
 === Encrypted image ===
 
-qemu-img: Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728 encryption=on key-secret=sec0
 Testing: -S
 QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
-Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN"}
@@ -57,9 +51,6 @@ Testing:
 QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
-Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN"}
@@ -67,9 +58,6 @@ You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 
 === Missing driver ===
 
-qemu-img: Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728 encryption=on key-secret=sec0
 Testing: -S
 QMP_VERSION
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/134.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/134.out
index e9bf302..d498570 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/134.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/134.out
@@ -1,27 +1,15 @@
 QA output created by 134
-qemu-img: Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728 encryption=on key-secret=sec0
 
 == reading whole image ==
-Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 read 134217728/134217728 bytes at offset 0
 128 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
 == rewriting whole image ==
-Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 wrote 134217728/134217728 bytes at offset 0
 128 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
 == verify pattern ==
-Encrypted images are deprecated
-Support for them will be removed in a future release.
-You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image to an unencrypted one.
 read 134217728/134217728 bytes at offset 0
 128 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
