diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index f20a7b5bba..9e4c0cc95f 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -630,16 +630,6 @@ static void vfio_listener_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
             goto fail;
         }
 
-        if (bcontainer->iova_ranges) {
-            ret = memory_region_iommu_set_iova_ranges(giommu->iommu_mr,
-                                                      bcontainer->iova_ranges,
-                                                      &err);
-            if (ret) {
-                g_free(giommu);
-                goto fail;
-            }
-        }
-
         ret = memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(section->mr, &giommu->n,
                                                     &err);
         if (ret) {