diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 4f083494e12b6c5716d444ac999715121c43f9ef..c85deda59ce7c9698aa92b5b9180a9e09c50a57b 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -1077,9 +1077,7 @@ virDomainRestoreFlags(virConnectPtr conn, const char *from, const char *dxml,
  * previously by virDomainSave() or virDomainSaveFlags().
  *
  * No security-sensitive data will be included unless @flags contains
- * VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE; this flag is rejected on read-only
- * connections.  For this API, @flags should not contain either
- * VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INACTIVE or VIR_DOMAIN_XML_UPDATE_CPU.
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE.
  *
  * Returns a 0 terminated UTF-8 encoded XML instance, or NULL in case of
  * error.  The caller must free() the returned value.
@@ -1095,12 +1093,7 @@ virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc(virConnectPtr conn, const char *file,
 
     virCheckConnectReturn(conn, NULL);
     virCheckNonNullArgGoto(file, error);
-
-    if ((conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) && (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_DENIED, "%s",
-                       _("virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc with secure flag"));
-        goto error;
-    }
+    virCheckReadOnlyGoto(conn->flags, error);
 
     if (conn->driver->domainSaveImageGetXMLDesc) {
         char *ret;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index abb777ac1c90b10710105415e709f7cac0c30b60..fc9bc44d8d4794a002fdb621dd374cb72cad7ad1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -6628,7 +6628,7 @@ qemuDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc(virConnectPtr conn, const char *path,
     if (fd < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDescEnsureACL(conn, def, flags) < 0)
+    if (virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDescEnsureACL(conn, def) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = qemuDomainDefFormatXML(driver, def, flags);
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index 4403714cef70ee94b78df75e0bc21157fa4be1c7..5b0a542651fc49b29939e4f03e9cfcec849aa87e 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -4984,8 +4984,7 @@ enum remote_procedure {
     /**
      * @generate: both
      * @priority: high
-     * @acl: domain:read
-     * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE
+     * @acl: domain:write
      */
     REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_SAVE_IMAGE_GET_XML_DESC = 235,