diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 875ada8..3f89e6c 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h"
-#include "hw/cpu/icc_bus.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_host.h"
 #include "acpi-build.h"
@@ -1052,23 +1051,16 @@ void pc_acpi_smi_interrupt(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 }
 
 static X86CPU *pc_new_cpu(const char *cpu_model, int64_t apic_id,
-                          DeviceState *icc_bridge, Error **errp)
+                          Error **errp)
 {
     X86CPU *cpu = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    if (icc_bridge == NULL) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "Invalid icc-bridge value");
-        goto out;
-    }
-
     cpu = cpu_x86_create(cpu_model, &local_err);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         goto out;
     }
 
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(cpu), qdev_get_child_bus(icc_bridge, "icc"));
-
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), apic_id, "apic-id", &local_err);
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), true, "realized", &local_err);
 
@@ -1083,7 +1075,6 @@ out:
 
 void pc_hot_add_cpu(const int64_t id, Error **errp)
 {
-    DeviceState *icc_bridge;
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     X86CPU *cpu;
     int64_t apic_id = x86_cpu_apic_id_from_index(id);
@@ -1113,9 +1104,7 @@ void pc_hot_add_cpu(const int64_t id, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    icc_bridge = DEVICE(object_resolve_path_type("icc-bridge",
-                                                 TYPE_ICC_BRIDGE, NULL));
-    cpu = pc_new_cpu(machine->cpu_model, apic_id, icc_bridge, &local_err);
+    cpu = pc_new_cpu(machine->cpu_model, apic_id, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
@@ -1123,7 +1112,7 @@ void pc_hot_add_cpu(const int64_t id, Error **errp)
     object_unref(OBJECT(cpu));
 }
 
-void pc_cpus_init(PCMachineState *pcms, DeviceState *icc_bridge)
+void pc_cpus_init(PCMachineState *pcms)
 {
     int i;
     X86CPU *cpu = NULL;
@@ -1149,7 +1138,7 @@ void pc_cpus_init(PCMachineState *pcms, DeviceState *icc_bridge)
 
     for (i = 0; i < smp_cpus; i++) {
         cpu = pc_new_cpu(machine->cpu_model, x86_cpu_apic_id_from_index(i),
-                         icc_bridge, &error);
+                         &error);
         if (error) {
             error_report_err(error);
             exit(1);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index fd6130d..3a97826 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "hw/kvm/clock.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
-#include "hw/cpu/icc_bus.h"
 #include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/smbus.h"
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine)
     MemoryRegion *ram_memory;
     MemoryRegion *pci_memory;
     MemoryRegion *rom_memory;
-    DeviceState *icc_bridge;
     PcGuestInfo *guest_info;
     ram_addr_t lowmem;
 
@@ -141,11 +139,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    icc_bridge = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_ICC_BRIDGE);
-    object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), "icc-bridge",
-                              OBJECT(icc_bridge), NULL);
-
-    pc_cpus_init(pcms, icc_bridge);
+    pc_cpus_init(pcms);
 
     if (kvm_enabled() && kvmclock_enabled) {
         kvmclock_create();
@@ -223,7 +217,6 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine)
     if (pci_enabled) {
         ioapic_init_gsi(gsi_state, "i440fx");
     }
-    qdev_init_nofail(icc_bridge);
 
     pc_register_ferr_irq(gsi[13]);
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 4f76535..414cbbb 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "hw/ide/pci.h"
 #include "hw/ide/ahci.h"
 #include "hw/usb.h"
-#include "hw/cpu/icc_bus.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
     int i;
     ICH9LPCState *ich9_lpc;
     PCIDevice *ahci;
-    DeviceState *icc_bridge;
     PcGuestInfo *guest_info;
     ram_addr_t lowmem;
     DriveInfo *hd[MAX_SATA_PORTS];
@@ -132,11 +130,7 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    icc_bridge = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_ICC_BRIDGE);
-    object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), "icc-bridge",
-                              OBJECT(icc_bridge), NULL);
-
-    pc_cpus_init(pcms, icc_bridge);
+    pc_cpus_init(pcms);
     pc_acpi_init("q35-acpi-dsdt.aml");
 
     kvmclock_create();
@@ -237,7 +231,6 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
     if (pci_enabled) {
         ioapic_init_gsi(gsi_state, "q35");
     }
-    qdev_init_nofail(icc_bridge);
 
     pc_register_ferr_irq(gsi[13]);
 
diff --git a/hw/intc/apic_common.c b/hw/intc/apic_common.c
index c0b32eb..ad959c4 100644
--- a/hw/intc/apic_common.c
+++ b/hw/intc/apic_common.c
@@ -419,13 +419,12 @@ static Property apic_properties_common[] = {
 
 static void apic_common_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
-    ICCDeviceClass *idc = ICC_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
     dc->vmsd = &vmstate_apic_common;
     dc->reset = apic_reset_common;
     dc->props = apic_properties_common;
-    idc->realize = apic_common_realize;
+    dc->realize = apic_common_realize;
     /*
      * Reason: APIC and CPU need to be wired up by
      * x86_cpu_apic_create()
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ static void apic_common_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 
 static const TypeInfo apic_common_type = {
     .name = TYPE_APIC_COMMON,
-    .parent = TYPE_ICC_DEVICE,
+    .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
     .instance_size = sizeof(APICCommonState),
     .class_size = sizeof(APICCommonClass),
     .class_init = apic_common_class_init,
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h b/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h
index 26632ac..905ada7 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
-#include "hw/cpu/icc_bus.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 
 /* APIC Local Vector Table */
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ typedef struct APICCommonState APICCommonState;
 
 typedef struct APICCommonClass
 {
-    ICCDeviceClass parent_class;
+    DeviceClass parent_class;
 
     DeviceRealize realize;
     void (*set_base)(APICCommonState *s, uint64_t val);
@@ -94,7 +93,9 @@ typedef struct APICCommonClass
 } APICCommonClass;
 
 struct APICCommonState {
-    ICCDevice busdev;
+    /*< private >*/
+    DeviceState parent_obj;
+    /*< public >*/
 
     MemoryRegion io_memory;
     X86CPU *cpu;
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 3732ab5..8eef558 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ bool pc_machine_is_smm_enabled(PCMachineState *pcms);
 void pc_register_ferr_irq(qemu_irq irq);
 void pc_acpi_smi_interrupt(void *opaque, int irq, int level);
 
-void pc_cpus_init(PCMachineState *pcms, DeviceState *icc_bridge);
+void pc_cpus_init(PCMachineState *pcms);
 void pc_hot_add_cpu(const int64_t id, Error **errp);
 void pc_acpi_init(const char *default_dsdt);
 
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 171cdc0..683a89b 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
-#include "hw/cpu/icc_bus.h"
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen.h"
@@ -2723,7 +2722,6 @@ static void mce_init(X86CPU *cpu)
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 static void x86_cpu_apic_create(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
 {
-    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(cpu);
     APICCommonState *apic;
     const char *apic_type = "apic";
 
@@ -2733,11 +2731,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_apic_create(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
         apic_type = "xen-apic";
     }
 
-    cpu->apic_state = qdev_try_create(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev), apic_type);
-    if (cpu->apic_state == NULL) {
-        error_setg(errp, "APIC device '%s' could not be created", apic_type);
-        return;
-    }
+    cpu->apic_state = DEVICE(object_new(apic_type));
 
     object_property_add_child(OBJECT(cpu), "apic",
                               OBJECT(cpu->apic_state), NULL);
@@ -3154,7 +3148,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_common_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 
     xcc->parent_realize = dc->realize;
     dc->realize = x86_cpu_realizefn;
-    dc->bus_type = TYPE_ICC_BUS;
     dc->props = x86_cpu_properties;
 
     xcc->parent_reset = cc->reset;
