diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 944bee7a71..a8633fdd67 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -2506,9 +2506,6 @@ static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     int i;
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
     MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-    MemoryRegion *rma_region;
-    void *rma = NULL;
-    hwaddr rma_alloc_size;
     hwaddr node0_size = spapr_node0_size(machine);
     long load_limit, fw_size;
     char *filename;
@@ -2547,40 +2544,28 @@ static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    /* Allocate RMA if necessary */
-    rma_alloc_size = kvmppc_alloc_rma(&rma);
+    spapr->rma_size = node0_size;
 
-    if (rma_alloc_size == -1) {
-        error_report("Unable to create RMA");
-        exit(1);
+    /* With KVM, we don't actually know whether KVM supports an
+     * unbounded RMA (PR KVM) or is limited by the hash table size
+     * (HV KVM using VRMA), so we always assume the latter
+     *
+     * In that case, we also limit the initial allocations for RTAS
+     * etc... to 256M since we have no way to know what the VRMA size
+     * is going to be as it depends on the size of the hash table
+     * isn't determined yet.
+     */
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
+        spapr->vrma_adjust = 1;
+        spapr->rma_size = MIN(spapr->rma_size, 0x10000000);
     }
 
-    if (rma_alloc_size && (rma_alloc_size < node0_size)) {
-        spapr->rma_size = rma_alloc_size;
-    } else {
-        spapr->rma_size = node0_size;
-
-        /* With KVM, we don't actually know whether KVM supports an
-         * unbounded RMA (PR KVM) or is limited by the hash table size
-         * (HV KVM using VRMA), so we always assume the latter
-         *
-         * In that case, we also limit the initial allocations for RTAS
-         * etc... to 256M since we have no way to know what the VRMA size
-         * is going to be as it depends on the size of the hash table
-         * isn't determined yet.
-         */
-        if (kvm_enabled()) {
-            spapr->vrma_adjust = 1;
-            spapr->rma_size = MIN(spapr->rma_size, 0x10000000);
-        }
-
-        /* Actually we don't support unbounded RMA anymore since we
-         * added proper emulation of HV mode. The max we can get is
-         * 16G which also happens to be what we configure for PAPR
-         * mode so make sure we don't do anything bigger than that
-         */
-        spapr->rma_size = MIN(spapr->rma_size, 0x400000000ull);
-    }
+    /* Actually we don't support unbounded RMA anymore since we added
+     * proper emulation of HV mode. The max we can get is 16G which
+     * also happens to be what we configure for PAPR mode so make sure
+     * we don't do anything bigger than that
+     */
+    spapr->rma_size = MIN(spapr->rma_size, 0x400000000ull);
 
     if (spapr->rma_size > node0_size) {
         error_report("Numa node 0 has to span the RMA (%#08"HWADDR_PRIx")",
@@ -2641,14 +2626,6 @@ static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
                                          machine->ram_size);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, ram);
 
-    if (rma_alloc_size && rma) {
-        rma_region = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-        memory_region_init_ram_ptr(rma_region, NULL, "ppc_spapr.rma",
-                                   rma_alloc_size, rma);
-        vmstate_register_ram_global(rma_region);
-        memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, rma_region);
-    }
-
     /* initialize hotplug memory address space */
     if (machine->ram_size < machine->maxram_size) {
         ram_addr_t hotplug_mem_size = machine->maxram_size - machine->ram_size;
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index 28311a98e0..26fcfb9238 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static int cap_segstate;
 static int cap_booke_sregs;
 static int cap_ppc_smt;
 static int cap_ppc_smt_possible;
-static int cap_ppc_rma;
 static int cap_spapr_tce;
 static int cap_spapr_tce_64;
 static int cap_spapr_multitce;
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
     cap_segstate = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_SEGSTATE);
     cap_booke_sregs = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_BOOKE_SREGS);
     cap_ppc_smt_possible = kvm_vm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT_POSSIBLE);
-    cap_ppc_rma = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA);
     cap_spapr_tce = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE);
     cap_spapr_tce_64 = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64);
     cap_spapr_multitce = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_MULTITCE);
@@ -2163,42 +2161,6 @@ void kvmppc_hint_smt_possible(Error **errp)
 
 
 #ifdef TARGET_PPC64
-off_t kvmppc_alloc_rma(void **rma)
-{
-    off_t size;
-    int fd;
-    struct kvm_allocate_rma ret;
-
-    /* If cap_ppc_rma == 0, contiguous RMA allocation is not supported
-     * if cap_ppc_rma == 1, contiguous RMA allocation is supported, but
-     *                      not necessary on this hardware
-     * if cap_ppc_rma == 2, contiguous RMA allocation is needed on this hardware
-     *
-     * FIXME: We should allow the user to force contiguous RMA
-     * allocation in the cap_ppc_rma==1 case.
-     */
-    if (cap_ppc_rma < 2) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    fd = kvm_vm_ioctl(kvm_state, KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA, &ret);
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "KVM: Error on KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA: %s\n",
-                strerror(errno));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    size = MIN(ret.rma_size, 256ul << 20);
-
-    *rma = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-    if (*rma == MAP_FAILED) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "KVM: Error mapping RMA: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-        return -1;
-    };
-
-    return size;
-}
-
 uint64_t kvmppc_rma_size(uint64_t current_size, unsigned int hash_shift)
 {
     struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info info;
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
index 4d2789eef6..e2840e1d33 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ target_ulong kvmppc_configure_v3_mmu(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
                                      bool radix, bool gtse,
                                      uint64_t proc_tbl);
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-off_t kvmppc_alloc_rma(void **rma);
 bool kvmppc_spapr_use_multitce(void);
 int kvmppc_spapr_enable_inkernel_multitce(void);
 void *kvmppc_create_spapr_tce(uint32_t liobn, uint32_t page_shift,
@@ -188,11 +187,6 @@ static inline target_ulong kvmppc_configure_v3_mmu(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-static inline off_t kvmppc_alloc_rma(void **rma)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static inline bool kvmppc_spapr_use_multitce(void)
 {
     return false;
