diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 9adb628627..eb917e48c0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2273,7 +2273,6 @@ F: hw/acpi/vmgenid.c
 F: include/hw/acpi/vmgenid.h
 F: docs/specs/vmgenid.txt
 F: tests/qtest/vmgenid-test.c
-F: stubs/vmgenid.c
 
 LED
 M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
diff --git a/hw/acpi/vmgenid.c b/hw/acpi/vmgenid.c
index 0c9f158ac9..a39315c1b3 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/vmgenid.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/vmgenid.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/aml-build.h"
@@ -244,20 +243,3 @@ static void vmgenid_register_types(void)
 }
 
 type_init(vmgenid_register_types)
-
-GuidInfo *qmp_query_vm_generation_id(Error **errp)
-{
-    GuidInfo *info;
-    VmGenIdState *vms;
-    Object *obj = find_vmgenid_dev();
-
-    if (!obj) {
-        error_setg(errp, "VM Generation ID device not found");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    vms = VMGENID(obj);
-
-    info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
-    info->guid = qemu_uuid_unparse_strdup(&vms->guid);
-    return info;
-}
diff --git a/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c b/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c
index 44b5da8880..a6ed3a63c3 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/vmgenid.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/intc/intc.h"
 #include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
@@ -383,3 +384,20 @@ HumanReadableText *qmp_x_query_irq(Error **errp)
 
     return human_readable_text_from_str(buf);
 }
+
+GuidInfo *qmp_query_vm_generation_id(Error **errp)
+{
+    GuidInfo *info;
+    VmGenIdState *vms;
+    Object *obj = find_vmgenid_dev();
+
+    if (!obj) {
+        error_setg(errp, "VM Generation ID device not found");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    vms = VMGENID(obj);
+
+    info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
+    info->guid = qemu_uuid_unparse_strdup(&vms->guid);
+    return info;
+}
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index 981585cbdf..7657467a5d 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ stub_ss.add(files('target-get-monitor-def.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('target-monitor-defs.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('trace-control.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('uuid.c'))
-stub_ss.add(files('vmgenid.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('vmstate.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('vm-stop.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('win32-kbd-hook.c'))
diff --git a/stubs/vmgenid.c b/stubs/vmgenid.c
deleted file mode 100644
index bfad656c6c..0000000000
--- a/stubs/vmgenid.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
-
-GuidInfo *qmp_query_vm_generation_id(Error **errp)
-{
-    error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
-    return NULL;
-}