diff --git a/chardev/spice.c b/chardev/spice.c
index e66e3ad568..173c257949 100644
--- a/chardev/spice.c
+++ b/chardev/spice.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ static int vmc_read(SpiceCharDeviceInstance *sin, uint8_t *buf, int len)
     return bytes;
 }
 
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
 static void vmc_event(SpiceCharDeviceInstance *sin, uint8_t event)
 {
     SpiceChardev *scd = container_of(sin, SpiceChardev, sin);
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ static void vmc_event(SpiceCharDeviceInstance *sin, uint8_t event)
     trace_spice_vmc_event(chr_event);
     qemu_chr_be_event(chr, chr_event);
 }
-#endif
 
 static void vmc_state(SpiceCharDeviceInstance *sin, int connected)
 {
@@ -119,9 +117,7 @@ static SpiceCharDeviceInterface vmc_interface = {
     .state              = vmc_state,
     .write              = vmc_write,
     .read               = vmc_read,
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
     .event              = vmc_event,
-#endif
 #if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c06
     .flags              = SPICE_CHAR_DEVICE_NOTIFY_WRITABLE,
 #endif
@@ -223,9 +219,7 @@ static void char_spice_finalize(Object *obj)
     }
 
     g_free((char *)s->sin.subtype);
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
     g_free((char *)s->sin.portname);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void spice_vmc_set_fe_open(struct Chardev *chr, int fe_open)
@@ -240,7 +234,6 @@ static void spice_vmc_set_fe_open(struct Chardev *chr, int fe_open)
 
 static void spice_port_set_fe_open(struct Chardev *chr, int fe_open)
 {
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
     SpiceChardev *s = SPICE_CHARDEV(chr);
 
     if (fe_open) {
@@ -248,7 +241,6 @@ static void spice_port_set_fe_open(struct Chardev *chr, int fe_open)
     } else {
         spice_server_port_event(&s->sin, SPICE_PORT_EVENT_CLOSED);
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 static void spice_chr_accept_input(struct Chardev *chr)
@@ -298,7 +290,6 @@ static void qemu_chr_open_spice_vmc(Chardev *chr,
     chr_open(chr, type);
 }
 
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
 static void qemu_chr_open_spice_port(Chardev *chr,
                                      ChardevBackend *backend,
                                      bool *be_opened,
@@ -331,7 +322,6 @@ void qemu_spice_register_ports(void)
         vmc_register_interface(s);
     }
 }
-#endif
 
 static void qemu_chr_parse_spice_vmc(QemuOpts *opts, ChardevBackend *backend,
                                      Error **errp)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 79375affc1..05f4fdf61b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4605,7 +4605,7 @@ int main(void) { spice_server_new(); return 0; }
 EOF
   spice_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags spice-protocol spice-server 2>/dev/null)
   spice_libs=$($pkg_config --libs spice-protocol spice-server 2>/dev/null)
-  if $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.12.0 spice-server && \
+  if $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.12.5 spice-server && \
      $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.12.3 spice-protocol && \
      compile_prog "$spice_cflags" "$spice_libs" ; then
     spice="yes"
@@ -4616,7 +4616,7 @@ EOF
   else
     if test "$spice" = "yes" ; then
       feature_not_found "spice" \
-          "Install spice-server(>=0.12.0) and spice-protocol(>=0.12.3) devel"
+          "Install spice-server(>=0.12.5) and spice-protocol(>=0.12.3) devel"
     fi
     spice="no"
   fi
diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 9087db5dee..8e9a65e75b 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -1189,9 +1189,7 @@ static void qxl_enter_vga_mode(PCIQXLDevice *d)
         return;
     }
     trace_qxl_enter_vga_mode(d->id);
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c03 /* release 0.12.3 */
     spice_qxl_driver_unload(&d->ssd.qxl);
-#endif
     graphic_console_set_hwops(d->ssd.dcl.con, d->vga.hw_ops, &d->vga);
     update_displaychangelistener(&d->ssd.dcl, GUI_REFRESH_INTERVAL_DEFAULT);
     qemu_spice_create_host_primary(&d->ssd);
diff --git a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
index c6d50eb87a..8c23dfe717 100644
--- a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
+++ b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
@@ -46,13 +46,7 @@ int qemu_spice_migrate_info(const char *hostname, int port, int tls_port,
 #else
 #define SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME 0
 #endif
-
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
 void qemu_spice_register_ports(void);
-#else
-static inline Chardev *qemu_chr_open_spice_port(const char *name)
-{ return NULL; }
-#endif
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_SPICE */
 
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index ebaae24643..fc850b3f50 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -745,13 +745,7 @@ void qemu_spice_init(void)
     }
 
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "disable-agent-file-xfer", 0)) {
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c04
         spice_server_set_agent_file_xfer(spice_server, false);
-#else
-        error_report("this qemu build does not support the "
-                     "\"disable-agent-file-xfer\" option");
-        exit(1);
-#endif
     }
 
     compression = SPICE_IMAGE_COMPRESS_AUTO_GLZ;
@@ -817,9 +811,7 @@ void qemu_spice_init(void)
     g_free(x509_cert_file);
     g_free(x509_cacert_file);
 
-#if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
     qemu_spice_register_ports();
-#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SPICE_GL
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "gl", 0)) {