diff -ru quickemu-4.9.6/quickemu quickemu-4.9.6.new/quickemu
--- quickemu-4.9.6/quickemu	2024-07-04 17:24:26.000000000 +0200
+++ quickemu-4.9.6.new/quickemu	2024-10-27 22:20:27.624768517 +0100
@@ -1225,13 +1225,13 @@
             -device pci-ohci,id=smartpass
             -device usb-ccid)
 
-        if ${QEMU} -device help | grep -q "passthrough smartcard"; then
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2054
-            args+=(-chardev spicevmc,id=ccid,name=smartcard
-                  -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=ccid)
-        else
-            echo " - WARNING!  ${QEMU} or SPICE was not compiled with support for smartcard devices"
-        fi
+#        if ${QEMU} -device help | grep -q "passthrough smartcard"; then
+#            # shellcheck disable=SC2054
+#            args+=(-chardev spicevmc,id=ccid,name=smartcard
+#                  -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=ccid)
+#        else
+#            echo " - WARNING!  ${QEMU} or SPICE was not compiled with support for smartcard devices"
+#        fi
     fi
 
     # setup usb-controller