diff --git a/qemu/scripts/qapi-types.py b/qemu/scripts/qapi-types.py
index 2915a146..a26f5815 100644
--- a/qemu/scripts/qapi-types.py
+++ b/qemu/scripts/qapi-types.py
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ class QAPISchemaGenTypeVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
         self.decl = self._btin + self.decl
         self._btin = None
 
+    def visit_needed(self, entity):
+        # Visit everything except implicit objects
+        return not isinstance(entity, QAPISchemaObjectType) or entity.info
+
     def _gen_type_cleanup(self, name):
         self.decl += gen_type_cleanup_decl(name)
         self.defn += gen_type_cleanup(name)
@@ -249,14 +253,13 @@ class QAPISchemaGenTypeVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
             self._gen_type_cleanup(name)
 
     def visit_object_type(self, name, info, base, members, variants):
-        if info:
-            self._fwdecl += gen_fwd_object_or_array(name)
-            if variants:
-                assert not members      # not implemented
-                self.decl += gen_union(name, base, variants)
-            else:
-                self.decl += gen_struct(name, base, members)
-            self._gen_type_cleanup(name)
+        self._fwdecl += gen_fwd_object_or_array(name)
+        if variants:
+            assert not members      # not implemented
+            self.decl += gen_union(name, base, variants)
+        else:
+            self.decl += gen_struct(name, base, members)
+        self._gen_type_cleanup(name)
 
     def visit_alternate_type(self, name, info, variants):
         self._fwdecl += gen_fwd_object_or_array(name)
diff --git a/qemu/scripts/qapi-visit.py b/qemu/scripts/qapi-visit.py
index e709791f..93fa9f6c 100644
--- a/qemu/scripts/qapi-visit.py
+++ b/qemu/scripts/qapi-visit.py
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ class QAPISchemaGenVisitVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
         self.decl = self._btin + self.decl
         self._btin = None
 
+    def visit_needed(self, entity):
+        # Visit everything except implicit objects
+        return not isinstance(entity, QAPISchemaObjectType) or entity.info
+
     def visit_enum_type(self, name, info, values, prefix):
         self.decl += gen_visit_decl(name, scalar=True)
         self.defn += gen_visit_enum(name)
@@ -348,13 +352,12 @@ class QAPISchemaGenVisitVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
             self.defn += defn
 
     def visit_object_type(self, name, info, base, members, variants):
-        if info:
-            self.decl += gen_visit_decl(name)
-            if variants:
-                assert not members      # not implemented
-                self.defn += gen_visit_union(name, base, variants)
-            else:
-                self.defn += gen_visit_struct(name, base, members)
+        self.decl += gen_visit_decl(name)
+        if variants:
+            assert not members      # not implemented
+            self.defn += gen_visit_union(name, base, variants)
+        else:
+            self.defn += gen_visit_struct(name, base, members)
 
     def visit_alternate_type(self, name, info, variants):
         self.decl += gen_visit_decl(name)
diff --git a/qemu/scripts/qapi.py b/qemu/scripts/qapi.py
index 71b34c0c..5547473b 100644
--- a/qemu/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/qemu/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ class QAPISchemaVisitor(object):
     def visit_end(self):
         pass
 
+    def visit_needed(self, entity):
+        # Default to visiting everything
+        return True
+
     def visit_builtin_type(self, name, info, json_type):
         pass
 
@@ -1300,10 +1304,10 @@ class QAPISchema(object):
             ent.check(self)
 
     def visit(self, visitor):
-        ignore = visitor.visit_begin(self)
-        for name in sorted(self._entity_dict.keys()):
-            if not ignore or not isinstance(self._entity_dict[name], ignore):
-                self._entity_dict[name].visit(visitor)
+        visitor.visit_begin(self)
+        for (name, entity) in sorted(self._entity_dict.items()):
+            if visitor.visit_needed(entity):
+                entity.visit(visitor)
         visitor.visit_end()
 
 #