diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.args
index 794fdecdcb..53940d0076 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
-name QEMUGuest1 \
-S \
--machine pc-1.2,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-machine pc,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
-m 1024 \
-realtime mlock=off \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-2.12.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-2.12.0.args
index fa5c0ba087..ce885cb98a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-2.12.0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-2.12.0.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-S \
-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine pc-1.2,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.12,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
-m 1024 \
-realtime mlock=off \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-latest.args
index 3c4f3993f6..01444abcfe 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-S \
-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine pc-1.2,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
-cpu qemu64 \
-m 1024 \
-object memory-backend-ram,id=pc.ram,size=1073741824 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.xml
index 18a56f7156..14872d8889 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-cdrom-network.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
1048576
1
- hvm
+ hvm