diff --git a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
index 33441ad484..e06579490c 100644
--- a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ FWCfgState *fw_cfg_arch_create(MachineState *ms,
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_ACPI_TABLES,
                      acpi_tables, acpi_tables_len);
 #endif
-    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_IRQ0_OVERRIDE, kvm_allows_irq0_override());
+    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_IRQ0_OVERRIDE, 1);
 
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_E820_TABLE,
                      &e820_reserve, sizeof(e820_reserve));
diff --git a/hw/i386/microvm.c b/hw/i386/microvm.c
index 73a7a142b4..68a7f424ac 100644
--- a/hw/i386/microvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/microvm.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static void microvm_memory_init(MicrovmMachineState *mms)
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_NB_CPUS, machine->smp.cpus);
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_MAX_CPUS, machine->smp.max_cpus);
     fw_cfg_add_i64(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_RAM_SIZE, (uint64_t)machine->ram_size);
-    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_IRQ0_OVERRIDE, kvm_allows_irq0_override());
+    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_IRQ0_OVERRIDE, 1);
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_E820_TABLE,
                      &e820_reserve, sizeof(e820_reserve));
     fw_cfg_add_file(fw_cfg, "etc/e820", e820_table,
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index e87be5d29a..4e323755d0 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ void pc_guest_info_init(PCMachineState *pcms)
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(pcms);
     X86MachineState *x86ms = X86_MACHINE(pcms);
 
-    x86ms->apic_xrupt_override = kvm_allows_irq0_override();
+    x86ms->apic_xrupt_override = true;
     pcms->numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes;
     pcms->node_mem = g_malloc0(pcms->numa_nodes *
                                     sizeof *pcms->node_mem);
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm-stub.c b/target/i386/kvm-stub.c
index 872ef7df4c..92f49121b8 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm-stub.c
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "kvm_i386.h"
 
-bool kvm_allows_irq0_override(void)
-{
-    return 1;
-}
-
 #ifndef __OPTIMIZE__
 bool kvm_has_smm(void)
 {
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index 588d893a63..cf46259534 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -154,11 +154,6 @@ bool kvm_has_exception_payload(void)
     return has_exception_payload;
 }
 
-bool kvm_allows_irq0_override(void)
-{
-    return !kvm_irqchip_in_kernel() || kvm_has_gsi_routing();
-}
-
 static bool kvm_x2apic_api_set_flags(uint64_t flags)
 {
     KVMState *s = KVM_STATE(current_accel());
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm_i386.h b/target/i386/kvm_i386.h
index 0fce4e51d2..a4a619cebb 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm_i386.h
+++ b/target/i386/kvm_i386.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 #endif  /* CONFIG_KVM */
 
-bool kvm_allows_irq0_override(void);
 bool kvm_has_smm(void);
 bool kvm_has_adjust_clock(void);
 bool kvm_has_adjust_clock_stable(void);