diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index b67ba0f2a1..cda9defe8f 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -1361,8 +1361,6 @@ static void create_smmu(const VirtMachineState *vms,
     qemu_fdt_setprop(ms->fdt, node, "interrupt-names", irq_names,
                      sizeof(irq_names));
 
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(ms->fdt, node, "clocks", vms->clock_phandle);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(ms->fdt, node, "clock-names", "apb_pclk");
     qemu_fdt_setprop(ms->fdt, node, "dma-coherent", NULL, 0);
 
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(ms->fdt, node, "#iommu-cells", 1);