goto done;
     }
 
-    iv = qobject_input_visitor_new(crumpled_addr, true);
+    iv = qobject_input_visitor_new(crumpled_addr);
     visit_type_SocketAddress(iv, NULL, &saddr, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 
         goto out;
     }
 
-    iv = qobject_input_visitor_new(crumpled_addr, true);
+    iv = qobject_input_visitor_new(crumpled_addr);
     visit_type_NFSServer(iv, NULL, &server, &local_error);
     if (local_error) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_error);
 
         goto out;
     }
 
-    iv = qobject_input_visitor_new(crumpled_addr, true);
+    iv = qobject_input_visitor_new(crumpled_addr);
     visit_type_InetSocketAddress(iv, NULL, &inet, &local_error);
     if (local_error) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_error);
 
         Visitor *v;
         UserDefOneList *arg1 = NULL;
 
-        v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args), true);
+        v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args));
         visit_start_struct(v, NULL, NULL, 0, &err);
         if (err) {
             goto out;
 
 
 /*
  * Return a new input visitor that converts a QObject to a QAPI object.
- *
- * Set @strict to reject a parse that doesn't consume all keys of a
- * dictionary; otherwise excess input is ignored.
  */
-Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj, bool strict);
+Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif
 
      * QDict or QList). */
     QSLIST_HEAD(, StackObject) stack;
 
-    /* True to reject parse in visit_end_struct() if unvisited keys remain. */
-    bool strict;
-
     GString *errname;           /* Accumulator for full_name() */
 };
 
     tos->obj = obj;
     tos->qapi = qapi;
 
-    if (qiv->strict && qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
+    if (qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
         h = g_hash_table_new(g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
         qdict_iter(qobject_to_qdict(obj), qdict_add_key, h);
         tos->h = h;
-    } else if (qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QLIST) {
+    } else {
+        assert(qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QLIST);
         tos->entry = qlist_first(qobject_to_qlist(obj));
         tos->index = -1;
     }
 {
     QObjectInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
     StackObject *tos = QSLIST_FIRST(&qiv->stack);
+    GHashTableIter iter;
+    const char *key;
 
     assert(tos && !tos->entry);
-    if (qiv->strict) {
-        GHashTable *const top_ht = tos->h;
-        if (top_ht) {
-            GHashTableIter iter;
-            const char *key;
-
-            g_hash_table_iter_init(&iter, top_ht);
-            if (g_hash_table_iter_next(&iter, (void **)&key, NULL)) {
-                error_setg(errp, "Parameter '%s' is unexpected",
-                           full_name(qiv, key));
-            }
-        }
+
+    g_hash_table_iter_init(&iter, tos->h);
+    if (g_hash_table_iter_next(&iter, (void **)&key, NULL)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Parameter '%s' is unexpected",
+                   full_name(qiv, key));
     }
 }
 
     g_free(qiv);
 }
 
-Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj, bool strict)
+Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj)
 {
     QObjectInputVisitor *v;
 
     v->visitor.type_null = qobject_input_type_null;
     v->visitor.optional = qobject_input_optional;
     v->visitor.free = qobject_input_free;
-    v->strict = strict;
 
     v->root = obj;
     qobject_incref(obj);
 
         pdict = qdict_new();
     }
 
-    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(pdict), true);
+    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(pdict));
     obj = user_creatable_add_type(type, id, pdict, v, errp);
     visit_free(v);
     if (obj) {
 
 {
     Visitor *v;
 
-    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(value, true);
+    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(value);
     object_property_set(obj, v, name, errp);
     visit_free(v);
 }
 
         push_indent()
 
     ret += mcgen('''
-    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args), true);
+    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args));
     visit_start_struct(v, NULL, NULL, 0, &err);
     if (err) {
         goto out;
 
     }
 
     if (qdict) {
-        visitor = qobject_input_visitor_new(info->props, true);
+        visitor = qobject_input_visitor_new(info->props);
         visit_start_struct(visitor, NULL, NULL, 0, errp);
         if (*errp) {
             object_unref(obj);
 
 
     g_assert(qnull_.refcnt == 1);
     obj = qnull();
-    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
+    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(obj);
     qobject_decref(obj);
     visit_type_null(v, NULL, &error_abort);
     visit_free(v);
 
     VersionInfo *vinfo;
 
     g_assert(version);
-    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(version, true);
+    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(version);
     visit_type_VersionInfo(v, "version", &vinfo, &error_abort);
     qapi_free_VersionInfo(vinfo);
     visit_free(v);
 
         ud2_dict = qdict_new();
         qdict_put_obj(ud2_dict, "string0", QOBJECT(qstring_from_str(text)));
 
-        v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(ud2_dict), true);
+        v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(ud2_dict));
         visit_type_UserDefTwo(v, NULL, &ud2, &err);
         visit_free(v);
         QDECREF(ud2_dict);
 
     data->obj = qobject_from_jsonv(json_string, ap);
     g_assert(data->obj);
 
-    data->qiv = qobject_input_visitor_new(data->obj, true);
+    data->qiv = qobject_input_visitor_new(data->obj);
     g_assert(data->qiv);
     return data->qiv;
 }
 
     data->obj = qobject_from_jsonv(json_string, ap);
     g_assert(data->obj);
 
-    data->qiv = qobject_input_visitor_new(data->obj, true);
+    data->qiv = qobject_input_visitor_new(data->obj);
     g_assert(data->qiv);
     return data->qiv;
 }
 
     obj = qobject_from_json(qstring_get_str(output_json));
 
     QDECREF(output_json);
-    d->qiv = qobject_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
+    d->qiv = qobject_input_visitor_new(obj);
     qobject_decref(obj_orig);
     qobject_decref(obj);
     visit(d->qiv, native_out, errp);