diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index b283093e5b..1f1756e192 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@
 #include <sys/diskslice.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFS
-#include <xfs/xfs.h>
-#endif
-
 /* OS X does not have O_DSYNC */
 #ifndef O_DSYNC
 #ifdef O_SYNC
@@ -156,9 +152,6 @@ typedef struct BDRVRawState {
     int perm_change_flags;
     BDRVReopenState *reopen_state;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFS
-    bool is_xfs:1;
-#endif
     bool has_discard:1;
     bool has_write_zeroes:1;
     bool discard_zeroes:1;
@@ -409,14 +402,22 @@ static void raw_probe_alignment(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd, Error **errp)
     if (probe_logical_blocksize(fd, &bs->bl.request_alignment) < 0) {
         bs->bl.request_alignment = 0;
     }
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFS
-    if (s->is_xfs) {
-        struct dioattr da;
-        if (xfsctl(NULL, fd, XFS_IOC_DIOINFO, &da) >= 0) {
-            bs->bl.request_alignment = da.d_miniosz;
-            /* The kernel returns wrong information for d_mem */
-            /* s->buf_align = da.d_mem; */
-        }
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+    /*
+     * The XFS ioctl definitions are shipped in extra packages that might
+     * not always be available. Since we just need the XFS_IOC_DIOINFO ioctl
+     * here, we simply use our own definition instead:
+     */
+    struct xfs_dioattr {
+        uint32_t d_mem;
+        uint32_t d_miniosz;
+        uint32_t d_maxiosz;
+    } da;
+    if (ioctl(fd, _IOR('X', 30, struct xfs_dioattr), &da) >= 0) {
+        bs->bl.request_alignment = da.d_miniosz;
+        /* The kernel returns wrong information for d_mem */
+        /* s->buf_align = da.d_mem; */
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -798,12 +799,6 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
 #endif
     s->needs_alignment = raw_needs_alignment(bs);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFS
-    if (platform_test_xfs_fd(s->fd)) {
-        s->is_xfs = true;
-    }
-#endif
-
     bs->supported_zero_flags = BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP | BDRV_REQ_NO_FALLBACK;
     if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
         /* When extending regular files, we get zeros from the OS */
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 030728d11e..3a523a3d14 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=""
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS=""
 
 xen_ctrl_version="$default_feature"
-xfs="$default_feature"
 membarrier="$default_feature"
 vhost_kernel="$default_feature"
 vhost_net="$default_feature"
@@ -1021,10 +1020,6 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-opengl) opengl="yes"
   ;;
-  --disable-xfsctl) xfs="no"
-  ;;
-  --enable-xfsctl) xfs="yes"
-  ;;
   --disable-zlib-test)
   ;;
   --enable-guest-agent) guest_agent="yes"
@@ -1431,7 +1426,6 @@ cat << EOF
   avx512f         AVX512F optimization support
   replication     replication support
   opengl          opengl support
-  xfsctl          xfsctl support
   qom-cast-debug  cast debugging support
   tools           build qemu-io, qemu-nbd and qemu-img tools
   bochs           bochs image format support
@@ -2323,28 +2317,6 @@ EOF
     fi
 fi
 
-##########################################
-# xfsctl() probe, used for file-posix.c
-if test "$xfs" != "no" ; then
-  cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <stddef.h>  /* NULL */
-#include <xfs/xfs.h>
-int main(void)
-{
-    xfsctl(NULL, 0, 0, NULL);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-  if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-    xfs="yes"
-  else
-    if test "$xfs" = "yes" ; then
-      feature_not_found "xfs" "Install xfsprogs/xfslibs devel"
-    fi
-    xfs=no
-  fi
-fi
-
 ##########################################
 # plugin linker support probe
 
@@ -3456,9 +3428,6 @@ echo "CONFIG_BDRV_RO_WHITELIST=$block_drv_ro_whitelist" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$block_drv_whitelist_tools" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_BDRV_WHITELIST_TOOLS=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$xfs" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_XFS=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 qemu_version=$(head $source_path/VERSION)
 echo "PKGVERSION=$pkgversion" >>$config_host_mak
 echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5f0b6300b4..5a57906e98 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3445,7 +3445,6 @@ if spice_protocol.found()
   summary_info += {'  spice server support': spice}
 endif
 summary_info += {'rbd support':       rbd}
-summary_info += {'xfsctl support':    config_host.has_key('CONFIG_XFS')}
 summary_info += {'smartcard support': cacard}
 summary_info += {'U2F support':       u2f}
 summary_info += {'libusb':            libusb}
