diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
index 5d0717737..55c3abc01 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
@@ -19,29 +19,8 @@ from .inspect import VmConfig, inspect_vm
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def get_qemu_version() -> list[int]:
-    # Run the command and capture the output
-    res = run(["qemu-kvm", "--version"])
-
-    # Decode the output from bytes to string
-    output_str = res.stdout
-    # Split the output by newline and get the first line
-    first_line = output_str.split("\n")[0]
-    # Split the first line by space and get the third element
-    version = first_line.split(" ")[3]
-
-    # Split the version by dot and convert each part to integer
-    version_list = [int(x) for x in version.split(".")]
-    # Return the version as a list of integers
-    return version_list
-
-
 def graphics_options(vm: VmConfig) -> list[str]:
-    common: list[str] = []
-
-    # Check if the version is greater than 8.1.3 to enable virtio audio
-    # if get_qemu_version() > [8, 1, 3]:
-    #    common = ["-audio", "driver=pa,model=virtio"]
+    common = ["-audio", "driver=pa,model=virtio"]
 
     if vm.wayland:
         # fmt: off