diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-core.h b/include/hw/qdev-core.h
index 5989fb6565..86b05baeeb 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-core.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-core.h
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ struct PropertyInfo {
 
 /**
  * GlobalProperty:
- * @user_provided: Set to true if property comes from user-provided config
- * (command-line or config file).
  * @used: Set to true if property was used when initializing a device.
  * @errp: Error destination, used like first argument of error_setg()
  *        in case property setting fails later. If @errp is NULL, we
@@ -262,7 +260,6 @@ typedef struct GlobalProperty {
     const char *driver;
     const char *property;
     const char *value;
-    bool user_provided;
     bool used;
     Error **errp;
 } GlobalProperty;
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index bd84c4ea4c..43c30a57f4 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -1192,9 +1192,6 @@ int qdev_prop_check_globals(void)
         if (prop->used) {
             continue;
         }
-        if (!prop->user_provided) {
-            continue;
-        }
         oc = object_class_by_name(prop->driver);
         oc = object_class_dynamic_cast(oc, TYPE_DEVICE);
         if (!oc) {
@@ -1233,7 +1230,6 @@ void qdev_prop_set_globals(DeviceState *dev)
             if (!dev->hotplugged && prop->errp) {
                 error_propagate(prop->errp, err);
             } else {
-                assert(prop->user_provided);
                 warn_report_err(err);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/test-qdev-global-props.c b/tests/test-qdev-global-props.c
index b1eb505442..60231b1372 100644
--- a/tests/test-qdev-global-props.c
+++ b/tests/test-qdev-global-props.c
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ static void test_dynamic_globalprop_subprocess(void)
 {
     MyType *mt;
     static GlobalProperty props[] = {
-        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS, "prop1", "101", true },
-        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS, "prop2", "102", true },
-        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS"-bad", "prop3", "103", true },
-        { TYPE_UNUSED_HOTPLUG, "prop4", "104", true },
-        { TYPE_UNUSED_NOHOTPLUG, "prop5", "105", true },
-        { TYPE_NONDEVICE, "prop6", "106", true },
+        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS, "prop1", "101", },
+        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS, "prop2", "102", },
+        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS"-bad", "prop3", "103", },
+        { TYPE_UNUSED_HOTPLUG, "prop4", "104", },
+        { TYPE_UNUSED_NOHOTPLUG, "prop5", "105", },
+        { TYPE_NONDEVICE, "prop6", "106", },
         {}
     };
     int global_error;
@@ -256,46 +256,6 @@ static void test_dynamic_globalprop(void)
     g_test_trap_assert_stdout("");
 }
 
-/* Test setting of dynamic properties using user_provided=false properties */
-static void test_dynamic_globalprop_nouser_subprocess(void)
-{
-    MyType *mt;
-    static GlobalProperty props[] = {
-        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS, "prop1", "101" },
-        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS, "prop2", "102" },
-        { TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS"-bad", "prop3", "103" },
-        { TYPE_UNUSED_HOTPLUG, "prop4", "104" },
-        { TYPE_UNUSED_NOHOTPLUG, "prop5", "105" },
-        { TYPE_NONDEVICE, "prop6", "106" },
-        {}
-    };
-    int global_error;
-
-    register_global_properties(props);
-
-    mt = DYNAMIC_TYPE(object_new(TYPE_DYNAMIC_PROPS));
-    qdev_init_nofail(DEVICE(mt));
-
-    g_assert_cmpuint(mt->prop1, ==, 101);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(mt->prop2, ==, 102);
-    global_error = qdev_prop_check_globals();
-    g_assert_cmpuint(global_error, ==, 0);
-    g_assert(props[0].used);
-    g_assert(props[1].used);
-    g_assert(!props[2].used);
-    g_assert(!props[3].used);
-    g_assert(!props[4].used);
-    g_assert(!props[5].used);
-}
-
-static void test_dynamic_globalprop_nouser(void)
-{
-    g_test_trap_subprocess("/qdev/properties/dynamic/global/nouser/subprocess", 0, 0);
-    g_test_trap_assert_passed();
-    g_test_trap_assert_stderr("");
-    g_test_trap_assert_stdout("");
-}
-
 /* Test if global props affecting subclasses are applied in the right order */
 static void test_subclass_global_props(void)
 {
@@ -345,11 +305,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_test_add_func("/qdev/properties/dynamic/global",
                     test_dynamic_globalprop);
 
-    g_test_add_func("/qdev/properties/dynamic/global/nouser/subprocess",
-                    test_dynamic_globalprop_nouser_subprocess);
-    g_test_add_func("/qdev/properties/dynamic/global/nouser",
-                    test_dynamic_globalprop_nouser);
-
     g_test_add_func("/qdev/properties/global/subclass",
                     test_subclass_global_props);
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index aa0386952e..7a99a93908 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2952,7 +2952,6 @@ static int global_init_func(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     g->driver   = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driver");
     g->property = qemu_opt_get(opts, "property");
     g->value    = qemu_opt_get(opts, "value");
-    g->user_provided = true;
     g->errp = &error_fatal;
     qdev_prop_register_global(g);
     return 0;
