diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index 559d71ffae..09d08ee2ca 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -1142,14 +1142,6 @@ error:
     return NULL;
 }
 
-#else
-
-GuestNetworkInterfaceList *qmp_guest_network_get_interfaces(Error **errp)
-{
-    error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 #endif /* HAVE_GETIFADDRS */
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_FSFREEZE)
@@ -1222,11 +1214,6 @@ qmp_guest_fstrim(bool has_minimum, int64_t minimum, Error **errp)
 /* add unsupported commands to the list of blocked RPCs */
 GList *ga_command_init_blockedrpcs(GList *blockedrpcs)
 {
-#if !defined(HAVE_GETIFADDRS)
-    blockedrpcs = g_list_append(blockedrpcs,
-                              g_strdup("guest-network-get-interfaces"));
-#endif
-
 #if !defined(CONFIG_FSFREEZE)
     {
         const char *list[] = {
diff --git a/qga/qapi-schema.json b/qga/qapi-schema.json
index 38483652ac..79ed4f0e21 100644
--- a/qga/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qga/qapi-schema.json
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@
 # Since: 1.1
 ##
 { 'enum': 'GuestIpAddressType',
-  'data': [ 'ipv4', 'ipv6' ] }
+  'data': [ 'ipv4', 'ipv6' ],
+  'if': { 'any': ['CONFIG_WIN32', 'HAVE_GETIFADDRS'] } }
 
 ##
 # @GuestIpAddress:
@@ -670,7 +671,8 @@
 { 'struct': 'GuestIpAddress',
   'data': {'ip-address': 'str',
            'ip-address-type': 'GuestIpAddressType',
-           'prefix': 'int'} }
+           'prefix': 'int'},
+  'if': { 'any': ['CONFIG_WIN32', 'HAVE_GETIFADDRS'] } }
 
 ##
 # @GuestNetworkInterfaceStat:
@@ -702,7 +704,8 @@
             'tx-packets': 'uint64',
             'tx-errs': 'uint64',
             'tx-dropped': 'uint64'
-           } }
+           },
+  'if': { 'any': ['CONFIG_WIN32', 'HAVE_GETIFADDRS'] } }
 
 ##
 # @GuestNetworkInterface:
@@ -722,7 +725,8 @@
   'data': {'name': 'str',
            '*hardware-address': 'str',
            '*ip-addresses': ['GuestIpAddress'],
-           '*statistics': 'GuestNetworkInterfaceStat' } }
+           '*statistics': 'GuestNetworkInterfaceStat' },
+  'if': { 'any': ['CONFIG_WIN32', 'HAVE_GETIFADDRS'] } }
 
 ##
 # @guest-network-get-interfaces:
@@ -734,7 +738,8 @@
 # Since: 1.1
 ##
 { 'command': 'guest-network-get-interfaces',
-  'returns': ['GuestNetworkInterface'] }
+  'returns': ['GuestNetworkInterface'],
+  'if': { 'any': ['CONFIG_WIN32', 'HAVE_GETIFADDRS'] } }
 
 ##
 # @GuestLogicalProcessor: