diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-qemu-host-arch.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-qemu-host-arch.args
index 5a5a724356..f9e7398a12 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-qemu-host-arch.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-qemu-host-arch.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 -name qemu-host \
 -S \
--machine pc-0.11,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
 -m 4096 \
 -realtime mlock=off \
 -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/default-qemu-host-arch.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/default-qemu-host-arch.xml
index cd223f1592..5f433fc047 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/default-qemu-host-arch.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/default-qemu-host-arch.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
   <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
   <os>
-    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-0.11'>hvm</type>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
     <boot dev='hd'/>
   </os>
   <clock offset='utc'/>
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index 39544c548f..b0d685b04f 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ static const virArch arch_alias[VIR_ARCH_LAST] = {
 static const char *const i386_machines[] = {
     "pc", "isapc", NULL
 };
-static const char *const x86_64_machines_kvm[] = {
-    "pc", "isapc", NULL
-};
-static const char *const x86_64_machines_qemu[] = {
-    "pc-0.11", "pc", "pc-0.10", "isapc", NULL
+static const char *const x86_64_machines[] = {
+    "pc", "pc-0.11", "pc-0.10", "isapc", NULL
 };
 static const char *const aarch64_machines[] = {
     "virt", NULL
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ static const char *const s390x_machines[] = {
 
 static const char *const *qemu_machines[VIR_ARCH_LAST] = {
     [VIR_ARCH_I686] = i386_machines,
-    [VIR_ARCH_X86_64] = x86_64_machines_qemu,
+    [VIR_ARCH_X86_64] = x86_64_machines,
     [VIR_ARCH_AARCH64] = aarch64_machines,
     [VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L] = arm_machines,
     [VIR_ARCH_PPC64] = ppc64_machines,
@@ -83,7 +80,7 @@ static const char *const *qemu_machines[VIR_ARCH_LAST] = {
 
 static const char *const *kvm_machines[VIR_ARCH_LAST] = {
     [VIR_ARCH_I686] = i386_machines,
-    [VIR_ARCH_X86_64] = x86_64_machines_kvm,
+    [VIR_ARCH_X86_64] = x86_64_machines,
     [VIR_ARCH_AARCH64] = aarch64_machines,
     [VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L] = arm_machines,
     [VIR_ARCH_PPC64] = ppc64_machines,
diff --git a/tests/vircapstest.c b/tests/vircapstest.c
index 6251ade1a1..08eb017a76 100644
--- a/tests/vircapstest.c
+++ b/tests/vircapstest.c
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ test_virCapsDomainDataLookupQEMU(const void *data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
     /* Checking each parameter individually */
     CAPSCOMP(-1, VIR_ARCH_NONE, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_NONE, NULL, NULL,
         VIR_DOMAIN_OSTYPE_HVM, VIR_ARCH_X86_64,
-        VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU, "/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64", "pc-0.11");
+        VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU, "/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64", "pc");
     CAPSCOMP(VIR_DOMAIN_OSTYPE_HVM, VIR_ARCH_NONE, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_NONE, NULL, NULL,
         VIR_DOMAIN_OSTYPE_HVM, VIR_ARCH_X86_64,
-        VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU, "/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64", "pc-0.11");
+        VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU, "/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64", "pc");
     CAPSCOMP(-1, VIR_ARCH_AARCH64, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_NONE, NULL, NULL,
         VIR_DOMAIN_OSTYPE_HVM, VIR_ARCH_AARCH64,
         VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU, "/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64", "virt");