diff --git a/src/components/vm/disks/diskAdd.jsx b/src/components/vm/disks/diskAdd.jsx
index aa3ce4c66..849aa61c7 100644
--- a/src/components/vm/disks/diskAdd.jsx
+++ b/src/components/vm/disks/diskAdd.jsx
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ export class AddDiskModalBody extends React.Component {
                 permanent: this.state.permanent,
                 hotplug: this.state.hotplug,
                 vmName: vm.name,
-                vmId: vm.id,
                 cacheMode: this.state.cacheMode,
                 busType: this.state.busType
             })
@@ -542,7 +541,6 @@ export class AddDiskModalBody extends React.Component {
             permanent: this.state.permanent,
             hotplug: this.state.hotplug,
             vmName: vm.name,
-            vmId: vm.id,
             cacheMode: this.state.cacheMode,
             shareable: volume && volume.format === "raw" && isVolumeUsed[this.state.existingVolumeName],
             busType: this.state.busType
diff --git a/src/libvirt-xml-create.js b/src/libvirt-xml-create.js
index 21f14c867..d883c24c8 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-xml-create.js
+++ b/src/libvirt-xml-create.js
@@ -1,41 +1,3 @@
-export function getDiskXML(type, file, device, poolName, volumeName, format, target, cacheMode, shareable, busType) {
-    const doc = document.implementation.createDocument('', '', null);
-
-    const diskElem = doc.createElement('disk');
-    diskElem.setAttribute('type', type);
-    diskElem.setAttribute('device', device);
-
-    const driverElem = doc.createElement('driver');
-    driverElem.setAttribute('name', 'qemu');
-    if (format && ['qcow2', 'raw'].includes(format))
-        driverElem.setAttribute('type', format);
-    driverElem.setAttribute('cache', cacheMode);
-    diskElem.appendChild(driverElem);
-
-    const sourceElem = doc.createElement('source');
-    if (type === 'file') {
-        sourceElem.setAttribute('file', file);
-    } else {
-        sourceElem.setAttribute('volume', volumeName);
-        sourceElem.setAttribute('pool', poolName);
-    }
-    diskElem.appendChild(sourceElem);
-
-    const targetElem = doc.createElement('target');
-    targetElem.setAttribute('dev', target);
-    targetElem.setAttribute('bus', busType);
-    diskElem.appendChild(targetElem);
-
-    if (shareable) {
-        const shareableElem = doc.createElement('shareable');
-        diskElem.appendChild(shareableElem);
-    }
-
-    doc.appendChild(diskElem);
-
-    return new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(doc.documentElement);
-}
-
 export function getNetworkXML({ name, forwardMode, device, ipv4, netmask, ipv6, prefix, ipv4DhcpRangeStart, ipv4DhcpRangeEnd, ipv6DhcpRangeStart, ipv6DhcpRangeEnd }) {
     const doc = document.implementation.createDocument('', '', null);
 
diff --git a/src/libvirtApi/domain.js b/src/libvirtApi/domain.js
index 4ca693557..c53d403a2 100644
--- a/src/libvirtApi/domain.js
+++ b/src/libvirtApi/domain.js
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import {
     updateVm,
 } from '../actions/store-actions.js';
 import {
-    getDiskXML,
     getFilesystemXML,
     getMemoryBackingXML,
 } from '../libvirt-xml-create.js';
@@ -99,17 +98,6 @@ function buildConsoleVVFile(consoleDetail) {
         'fullscreen=0\n';
 }
 
-function domainAttachDevice({ connectionName, vmId, permanent, hotplug, xmlDesc }) {
-    let flags = Enum.VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_CURRENT;
-    if (hotplug)
-        flags |= Enum.VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_LIVE;
-    if (permanent)
-        flags |= Enum.VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_CONFIG;
-
-    // Error handling is done from the calling side
-    return call(connectionName, vmId, 'org.libvirt.Domain', 'AttachDevice', [xmlDesc, flags], { timeout, type: 'su' });
-}
-
 export function getPythonPath() {
     return cockpit.spawn(["/bin/sh", "-c", "which /usr/libexec/platform-python 2>/dev/null || which python3 2>/dev/null || which python"]).then(pyexe => { pythonPath = pyexe.trim() });
 }
@@ -123,7 +111,6 @@ export function domainAttachDisk({
     volumeName,
     format,
     target,
-    vmId,
     vmName,
     permanent,
     hotplug,
@@ -131,9 +118,29 @@ export function domainAttachDisk({
     shareable,
     busType,
 }) {
-    const xmlDesc = getDiskXML(type, file, device, poolName, volumeName, format, target, cacheMode, shareable, busType);
-
-    return domainAttachDevice({ connectionName, vmId, permanent, hotplug, xmlDesc });
+    const options = { err: "message" };
+    if (connectionName === "system")
+        options.superuser = "try";
+    let update = "";
+    if (hotplug)
+        update = "--update";
+    let define = "--define";
+    if (hotplug && !permanent)
+        define = "--no-define";
+    let source = "";
+    if (type === 'file')
+        source = `,source.file=${file}`;
+    else
+        source = `,source.pool=${poolName},source.volume=${volumeName}`;
+    let driverType = "";
+    if (format && ['qcow2', 'raw'].includes(format))
+        driverType = `,driver.type=${format}`;
+    const shareableOption = shareable ? "yes" : "no";
+
+    return cockpit.script(
+        `virt-xml -c qemu:///${connectionName} ${vmName} --add-device --disk type=${type},shareable=${shareableOption},target.bus=${busType},target.dev=${target},driver.name=qemu,cache=${cacheMode},device=${device}${source}${driverType} ${define} ${update}`,
+        options
+    );
 }
 
 export function domainAttachHostDevice({ connectionName, vmName, live, dev }) {
diff --git a/src/libvirtApi/storageVolume.js b/src/libvirtApi/storageVolume.js
index 8ac8ba7ec..ac8faeb29 100644
--- a/src/libvirtApi/storageVolume.js
+++ b/src/libvirtApi/storageVolume.js
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ export function storageVolumeCreateAndAttach({
     size,
     format,
     target,
-    vmId,
     vmName,
     permanent,
     hotplug,
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ export function storageVolumeCreateAndAttach({
                         });
             })
             .then((volPath) => {
-                return domainAttachDisk({ connectionName, type: "volume", device: "disk", poolName, volumeName, format, target, vmId, permanent, hotplug, cacheMode, busType });
+                return domainAttachDisk({ connectionName, type: "volume", device: "disk", poolName, volumeName, format, target, vmName, permanent, hotplug, cacheMode, busType });
             });
 }