diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c b/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c
index dda96ea32a..995817f4a3 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c
@@ -469,23 +469,15 @@ static void s390_skeys_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     S390SKeysState *ss = S390_SKEYS(dev);
 
-    if (ss->migration_enabled) {
-        register_savevm_live(TYPE_S390_SKEYS, 0, 1,
-                             &savevm_s390_storage_keys, ss);
-    }
+    register_savevm_live(TYPE_S390_SKEYS, 0, 1, &savevm_s390_storage_keys, ss);
 }
 
-static const Property s390_skeys_props[] = {
-    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("migration-enabled", S390SKeysState, migration_enabled, true),
-};
-
 static void s390_skeys_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
 
     dc->hotpluggable = false;
     dc->realize = s390_skeys_realize;
-    device_class_set_props(dc, s390_skeys_props);
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/storage-keys.h b/include/hw/s390x/storage-keys.h
index 976ffb2039..408d2815d4 100644
--- a/include/hw/s390x/storage-keys.h
+++ b/include/hw/s390x/storage-keys.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(S390SKeysState, S390SKeysClass, S390_SKEYS)
 
 struct S390SKeysState {
     DeviceState parent_obj;
-    bool migration_enabled;
-
 };