diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 9b993c3aad..2a6d9408f6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -6797,12 +6797,6 @@ qemuAppendDomainFeaturesMachineParam(virBuffer *buf,
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",cap-ibs=%s", str);
     }
 
-    if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_MTE] != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT) {
-        const char *str;
-        str = virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_MTE]);
-        virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",mte=%s", str);
-    }
-
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args
index 0244951d87..0d7a1c259a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-aarch64test/.config \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=3,mte=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=3,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host \
 -m 1024 \