diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
index ecbcc5c..41d9e5a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
@@ -20,74 +20,44 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 #include "hw/pci-host/spapr.h"
-#include "hw/pci/msix.h"
-#include "linux/vfio.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
-static Property spapr_phb_vfio_properties[] = {
-    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("iommu", sPAPRPHBVFIOState, iommugroupid, -1),
-    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
-};
+#define TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE "spapr-pci-vfio-host-bridge"
 
-static void spapr_phb_vfio_finish_realize(sPAPRPHBState *sphb, Error **errp)
-{
-    sPAPRPHBVFIOState *svphb = SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE(sphb);
-    struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_info info = { .argsz = sizeof(info) };
-    int ret;
-    sPAPRTCETable *tcet;
-    uint32_t liobn = svphb->phb.dma_liobn;
+#define SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(sPAPRPHBVFIOState, (obj), TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE)
 
-    if (svphb->iommugroupid == -1) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Wrong IOMMU group ID %d", svphb->iommugroupid);
-        return;
-    }
+typedef struct sPAPRPHBVFIOState sPAPRPHBVFIOState;
 
-    ret = vfio_container_ioctl(&svphb->phb.iommu_as, svphb->iommugroupid,
-                               VFIO_CHECK_EXTENSION,
-                               (void *) VFIO_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU);
-    if (ret != 1) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
-                         "spapr-vfio: SPAPR extension is not supported");
-        return;
-    }
+struct sPAPRPHBVFIOState {
+    sPAPRPHBState phb;
 
-    ret = vfio_container_ioctl(&svphb->phb.iommu_as, svphb->iommugroupid,
-                               VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_GET_INFO, &info);
-    if (ret) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
-                         "spapr-vfio: get info from container failed");
-        return;
-    }
+    int32_t iommugroupid;
+};
 
-    tcet = spapr_tce_new_table(DEVICE(sphb), liobn, info.dma32_window_start,
-                               SPAPR_TCE_PAGE_SHIFT,
-                               info.dma32_window_size >> SPAPR_TCE_PAGE_SHIFT,
-                               true);
-    if (!tcet) {
-        error_setg(errp, "spapr-vfio: failed to create VFIO TCE table");
-        return;
-    }
+static Property spapr_phb_vfio_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("iommu", sPAPRPHBVFIOState, iommugroupid, -1),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
 
-    /* Register default 32bit DMA window */
-    memory_region_add_subregion(&sphb->iommu_root, tcet->bus_offset,
-                                spapr_tce_get_iommu(tcet));
+static void spapr_phb_vfio_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    error_report("spapr-pci-vfio-host-bridge is deprecated");
 }
 
 static void spapr_phb_vfio_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    sPAPRPHBClass *spc = SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE_CLASS(klass);
 
     dc->props = spapr_phb_vfio_properties;
-    spc->finish_realize = spapr_phb_vfio_finish_realize;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo spapr_phb_vfio_info = {
     .name          = TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE,
     .parent        = TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
     .instance_size = sizeof(sPAPRPHBVFIOState),
+    .instance_init = spapr_phb_vfio_instance_init,
     .class_init    = spapr_phb_vfio_class_init,
-    .class_size    = sizeof(sPAPRPHBClass),
 };
 
 static void spapr_pci_vfio_register_types(void)
diff --git a/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h b/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h
index 9313209..7110222 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h
@@ -28,14 +28,10 @@
 #include "hw/ppc/xics.h"
 
 #define TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE "spapr-pci-host-bridge"
-#define TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE "spapr-pci-vfio-host-bridge"
 
 #define SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(sPAPRPHBState, (obj), TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE)
 
-#define SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE(obj) \
-    OBJECT_CHECK(sPAPRPHBVFIOState, (obj), TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_VFIO_HOST_BRIDGE)
-
 #define SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE_CLASS(klass) \
      OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(sPAPRPHBClass, (klass), TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE)
 #define SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE_GET_CLASS(obj) \
@@ -43,7 +39,6 @@
 
 typedef struct sPAPRPHBClass sPAPRPHBClass;
 typedef struct sPAPRPHBState sPAPRPHBState;
-typedef struct sPAPRPHBVFIOState sPAPRPHBVFIOState;
 
 struct sPAPRPHBClass {
     PCIHostBridgeClass parent_class;
@@ -90,12 +85,6 @@ struct sPAPRPHBState {
     QLIST_ENTRY(sPAPRPHBState) list;
 };
 
-struct sPAPRPHBVFIOState {
-    sPAPRPHBState phb;
-
-    int32_t iommugroupid;
-};
-
 #define SPAPR_PCI_MAX_INDEX          255
 
 #define SPAPR_PCI_BASE_BUID          0x800000020000000ULL
