diff --git a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
index 111a09ceca..59a68cd983 100644
--- a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
+++ b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ bool qemu_spice_have_display_interface(QemuConsole *con);
 int qemu_spice_add_display_interface(QXLInstance *qxlin, QemuConsole *con);
 int qemu_spice_migrate_info(const char *hostname, int port, int tls_port,
                             const char *subject);
-
-#else  /* CONFIG_SPICE */
-
-#include "qemu/error-report.h"
-
-#define spice_displays 0
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPICE */
 
 static inline bool qemu_using_spice(Error **errp)