diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 6cf8ed5..4d03317 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -2213,7 +2213,6 @@
     int n, virt_max_cpus;
     bool firmware_loaded;
     bool aarch64 = true;
-    bool has_ged = !vmc->no_ged;
     unsigned int smp_cpus = machine->smp.cpus;
     unsigned int max_cpus = machine->smp.max_cpus;
 
@@ -2515,7 +2514,7 @@
     create_pcie(vms);
     create_cxl_host_reg_region(vms);
 
-    if (has_ged && aarch64 && firmware_loaded && virt_is_acpi_enabled(vms)) {
+    if (aarch64 && firmware_loaded && virt_is_acpi_enabled(vms)) {
         vms->acpi_dev = create_acpi_ged(vms);
         vms->generic_error_notifier.notify = virt_generic_error_req;
         notifier_list_add(&acpi_generic_error_notifiers,
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/virt.h b/include/hw/arm/virt.h
index 04a09af..993872b 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/virt.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/virt.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
     MachineClass parent;
     bool no_tcg_its;
     bool no_highmem_compact;
-    bool no_ged;   /* Machines < 4.2 have no support for ACPI GED device */
     bool kvm_no_adjvtime;
     bool no_kvm_steal_time;
     bool acpi_expose_flash;