diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/many-devices.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/many-devices.xml
index 50df586da..f74866d93 100644
--- a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/many-devices.xml
+++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/many-devices.xml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
       <serial>WD-WMAP9A966149</serial>
     </disk>
     <disk type="file" device="disk">
-      <driver error_policy="enospace"/>
       <source file="/tmp/__virtinst_cli_new1.img"/>
       <target dev="hdb" bus="ide"/>
       <readonly/>
+      <driver error_policy="enospace"/>
     </disk>
     <disk type="block" device="cdrom">
       <target dev="sda" bus="sata"/>
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@
       <serial>WD-WMAP9A966149</serial>
     </disk>
     <disk type="file" device="disk">
-      <driver error_policy="enospace"/>
       <source file="/tmp/__virtinst_cli_new1.img"/>
       <target dev="hdb" bus="ide"/>
       <readonly/>
+      <driver error_policy="enospace"/>
     </disk>
     <disk type="block" device="cdrom">
       <target dev="sda" bus="sata"/>
diff --git a/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py b/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
index 7343286d9..c18b4be04 100644
--- a/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
+++ b/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
@@ -576,8 +576,6 @@ class VirtualDisk(VirtualDevice):
         self._driverName = driverName
         self._driverType = driverType
         self._driver_io = None
-        self._error_policy = None
-        self._serial = None
         self._target = None
         self._validate = validate
         self._nomanaged = nomanaged
@@ -808,24 +806,8 @@ class VirtualDisk(VirtualDevice):
     driver_io = _xml_property(_get_driver_io, _set_driver_io,
                               xpath="./driver/@io")
 
-    def _get_error_policy(self):
-        return self._error_policy
-    def _set_error_policy(self, val, validate=True):
-        if val is not None:
-            if val not in self.error_policies:
-                raise ValueError(_("Unknown error policy '%s'" % val))
-        self.__validate_wrapper("_error_policy", val, validate,
-                                self.error_policy)
-    error_policy = _xml_property(_get_error_policy, _set_error_policy,
-                                 xpath="./driver/@error_policy")
-
-    def _get_serial(self):
-        return self._serial
-    def _set_serial(self, val, validate=True):
-        self.__validate_wrapper("_serial", val, validate,
-                                self.serial)
-    serial = _xml_property(_get_serial, _set_serial,
-                           xpath="./serial")
+    error_policy = _xml_property(xpath="./driver/@error_policy")
+    serial = _xml_property(xpath="./serial")
 
     iotune_rbs = _xml_property(xpath="./iotune/read_bytes_sec",
                                get_converter=lambda s, x: int(x or 0),
@@ -1344,8 +1326,6 @@ class VirtualDisk(VirtualDevice):
                 drvxml += " type='%s'" % self.driver_type
             if not cache is None:
                 drvxml += " cache='%s'" % cache
-            if not self.error_policy is None:
-                drvxml += " error_policy='%s'" % self.error_policy
             if not iomode is None:
                 drvxml += " io='%s'" % iomode
 
@@ -1376,10 +1356,6 @@ class VirtualDisk(VirtualDevice):
         if ro:
             ret += "      <readonly/>\n"
 
-        if self.serial:
-            ret += ("      <serial>%s</serial>\n" %
-                    util.xml_escape(self.serial))
-
         addr = self.indent(self.address.get_xml_config(), 6)
         if addr:
             ret += addr