diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 1c84297fab..6e10b2b085 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -3611,12 +3611,3 @@ static void virt_machine_2_11_options(MachineClass *mc)
     vmc->smbios_old_sys_ver = true;
 }
 DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE(2, 11)
-
-static void virt_machine_2_10_options(MachineClass *mc)
-{
-    virt_machine_2_11_options(mc);
-    compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, hw_compat_2_10, hw_compat_2_10_len);
-    /* before 2.11 we never faulted accesses to bad addresses */
-    mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
-}
-DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE(2, 10)