diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.aarch64-latest.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.err
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.aarch64-latest.err
rename to tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.err
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.xml
index 47107e93f3..0d5f945bd7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 <domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>test</name>
+  <name>i440fx</name>
+  <uuid>56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa</uuid>
   <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
   <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
   <os>
     <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='network'/>
   </os>
   <features>
     <pci>
       <acpi-bridge-hotplug state='off'/>
     </pci>
   </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
 </domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1e5dc85c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.args
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=i440fx,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/master-key.aes \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.5,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 1024 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/monitor.sock,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-global PIIX4_PM.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=off \
+-boot strict=on \
+-usb \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-6.0.0.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.err
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-6.0.0.err
rename to tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.err
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-latest.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a3e91c95e..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-latest.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.config \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
--name guest=i440fx,debug-threads=on \
--S \
--object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pc-i440fx-2.5,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
--cpu qemu64 \
--m 1024 \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
--overcommit mem-lock=off \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--global PIIX4_PM.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=off \
--boot strict=on \
--device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
--audiodev id=audio1,driver=none \
--device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x2"}' \
--sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef15930e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.args
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=q35,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/master-key.aes \
+-machine pc-q35-2.5,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 1024 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/monitor.sock,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-global ICH9-LPC.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=off \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
+-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 \
+-device ioh3420,port=8,chassis=3,id=pci.3,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.2,addr=0x1 \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c09a3cd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported configuration: acpi-bridge-hotplug is not available with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-latest.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 5558f371ea..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable.x86_64-latest.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.config \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
--name guest=q35,debug-threads=on \
--S \
--object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pc-q35-2.5,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
--cpu qemu64 \
--m 1024 \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
--overcommit mem-lock=off \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--global ICH9-LPC.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=off \
--boot strict=on \
--device '{"driver":"i82801b11-bridge","id":"pci.1","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1e"}' \
--device '{"driver":"pci-bridge","chassis_nr":2,"id":"pci.2","bus":"pci.1","addr":"0x0"}' \
--device '{"driver":"ioh3420","port":8,"chassis":3,"id":"pci.3","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1"}' \
--device '{"driver":"qemu-xhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.3","addr":"0x0"}' \
--audiodev id=audio1,driver=none \
--device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.2","addr":"0x1"}' \
--sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 74fe870246..530910c6b8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2572,13 +2572,22 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-disable", "5.1.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable", "5.1.0");
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable");
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable");
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable", "6.0.0");
+    DO_TEST("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable",
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IOH3420,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE, QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI,
+            QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_ACPI_HOTPLUG_BRIDGE);
+    DO_TEST("pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable",
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IOH3420,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_PIIX4_ACPI_HOTPLUG_BRIDGE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable");
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable");
     /* verify that we fail when acpi-bridge-hotplug option is specified for
      * archs other than x86
      */
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_PARSE_ERROR("aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable", "aarch64");
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("aarch64-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable");
     DO_TEST("q35-usb2",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE,