diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 5c427fbcbb..d2da072fc7 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -3764,23 +3764,12 @@ static virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefParseXML(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (n && VIR_ALLOC_N(def->sounds, n) < 0)
         goto no_memory;
     for (i = 0 ; i < n ; i++) {
-        int collision = 0, j;
         virDomainSoundDefPtr sound = virDomainSoundDefParseXML(conn,
                                                                nodes[i],
                                                                flags);
         if (!sound)
             goto error;
 
-        /* Verify there's no duplicated sound card */
-        for (j = 0 ; j < def->nsounds ; j++) {
-            if (def->sounds[j]->model == sound->model)
-                collision = 1;
-        }
-        if (collision) {
-            virDomainSoundDefFree(sound);
-            continue;
-        }
-
         def->sounds[def->nsounds++] = sound;
     }
     VIR_FREE(nodes);
diff --git a/tests/xml2sexprdata/xml2sexpr-fv-sound.xml b/tests/xml2sexprdata/xml2sexpr-fv-sound.xml
index 0fe92fe389..75c295cc24 100644
--- a/tests/xml2sexprdata/xml2sexpr-fv-sound.xml
+++ b/tests/xml2sexprdata/xml2sexpr-fv-sound.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
     </disk>
     <graphics type='vnc' port='5917' keymap='ja'/>
     <sound model='sb16'/>
-    <sound model='sb16'/>
-    <sound model='es1370'/>
-    <sound model='sb16'/>
     <sound model='es1370'/>
   </devices>
 </domain>