diff --git a/builder/qemu/builder.go b/builder/qemu/builder.go
index dce5c6182..e22d090c2 100644
--- a/builder/qemu/builder.go
+++ b/builder/qemu/builder.go
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			Files: b.config.FloppyFiles,
 		},
 		new(stepCreateDisk),
-		new(stepSuppressMessages),
 		new(stepHTTPServer),
 		new(stepForwardSSH),
 		new(stepConfigureVNC),
diff --git a/builder/qemu/driver.go b/builder/qemu/driver.go
index 2505887a9..dc789dbbe 100644
--- a/builder/qemu/driver.go
+++ b/builder/qemu/driver.go
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ type Driver interface {
 	// Stop stops a running machine, forcefully.
 	Stop(string) error
 
-	// SuppressMessages should do what needs to be done in order to
-	// suppress any annoying popups, if any.
-	SuppressMessages() error
-
 	// Qemu executes the given command via qemu-system-x86_64
 	Qemu(vmName string, qemuArgs ...string) error
 
@@ -95,10 +91,6 @@ func (d *QemuDriver) Stop(name string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *QemuDriver) SuppressMessages() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (d *QemuDriver) Qemu(vmName string, qemuArgs ...string) error {
 	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
 
diff --git a/builder/qemu/step_suppress_messages.go b/builder/qemu/step_suppress_messages.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8aa035a2f..000000000
--- a/builder/qemu/step_suppress_messages.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package qemu
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"log"
-)
-
-// This step sets some variables in Qemu so that annoying
-// pop-up messages don't exist.
-type stepSuppressMessages struct{}
-
-func (stepSuppressMessages) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
-	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
-	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
-
-	log.Println("Suppressing messages in Qemu")
-	if err := driver.SuppressMessages(); err != nil {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("Error configuring Qemu to suppress messages: %s", err)
-		state.Put("error", err)
-		ui.Error(err.Error())
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
-	return multistep.ActionContinue
-}
-
-func (stepSuppressMessages) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {}