diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
index 6d0ab4ee28..bc2b5401da 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
@@ -1134,9 +1134,6 @@ libxlDomainMigrationSrcPerformP2P(libxlDriverPrivate *driver,
     virObjectLock(vm);
 
     if (dconn == NULL) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("Failed to connect to remote libvirt URI %s: %s"),
-                       dconnuri, virGetLastErrorMessage());
         return ret;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index b9d7d582f5..2635ef1162 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -5145,9 +5145,6 @@ qemuMigrationSrcPerformPeer2Peer(virQEMUDriver *driver,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (dconn == NULL) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("Failed to connect to remote libvirt URI %s: %s"),
-                       dconnuri, virGetLastErrorMessage());
         return -1;
     }