diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index 6a02474e17..bcb288eab4 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ enum {
     PACKAGE_LENGTH_4BYTE_SHIFT = 20,
 };
 
-void build_prepend_package_length(GArray *package, unsigned min_bytes)
+void build_prepend_package_length(GArray *package)
 {
     uint8_t byte;
     unsigned length = package->len;
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@ void build_prepend_package_length(GArray *package, unsigned min_bytes)
         length_bytes = 4;
     }
 
-    /* Force length to at least min_bytes.
-     * This wastes memory but that's how bios did it.
-     */
-    length_bytes = MAX(length_bytes, min_bytes);
-
     /* PkgLength is the length of the inclusive length of the data. */
     length += length_bytes;
 
@@ -210,15 +205,15 @@ void build_prepend_package_length(GArray *package, unsigned min_bytes)
     build_prepend_byte(package, byte);
 }
 
-void build_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op, unsigned min_bytes)
+void build_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op)
 {
-    build_prepend_package_length(package, min_bytes);
+    build_prepend_package_length(package);
     build_prepend_byte(package, op);
 }
 
 void build_extop_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op)
 {
-    build_package(package, op, 1);
+    build_package(package, op);
     build_prepend_byte(package, 0x5B); /* ExtOpPrefix */
 }
 
@@ -262,4 +257,3 @@ void build_append_int(GArray *table, uint32_t value)
         build_append_value(table, value, 4);
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index df2bad0a3b..5737ed061c 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void build_append_and_cleanup_method(GArray *device, GArray *method)
 {
     uint8_t op = 0x14; /* MethodOp */
 
-    build_package(method, op, 0);
+    build_package(method, op);
 
     build_append_array(device, method);
     build_free_array(method);
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static void build_append_notify_target_ifequal(GArray *method,
     build_append_byte(notify, 0x69); /* Arg1Op */
 
     /* Pack it up */
-    build_package(notify, op, 1);
+    build_package(notify, op);
 
     build_append_array(method, notify);
 
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ static void build_pci_bus_end(PCIBus *bus, void *bus_state)
             build_append_byte(notify, 0x69); /* Arg1Op */
 
             /* Pack it up */
-            build_package(notify, op, 0);
+            build_package(notify, op);
 
             build_append_array(method, notify);
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ static void build_pci_bus_end(PCIBus *bus, void *bus_state)
         if (bus->parent_dev) {
             build_extop_package(bus_table, op);
         } else {
-            build_package(bus_table, op, 0);
+            build_package(bus_table, op);
         }
 
         /* Append our bus description to parent table */
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ build_ssdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
                 build_append_byte(package, b);
             }
 
-            build_package(package, op, 2);
+            build_package(package, op);
             build_append_array(sb_scope, package);
             build_free_array(package);
         }
@@ -1045,8 +1045,7 @@ build_ssdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
             build_append_array(sb_scope, hotplug_state.device_table);
             build_pci_bus_state_cleanup(&hotplug_state);
         }
-
-        build_package(sb_scope, op, 3);
+        build_package(sb_scope, op);
         build_append_array(table_data, sb_scope);
         build_free_array(sb_scope);
     }
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
index fd506252bd..199f003265 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ void build_append_array(GArray *array, GArray *val);
 void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3)
 build_append_namestring(GArray *array, const char *format, ...);
 
-void build_prepend_package_length(GArray *package, unsigned min_bytes);
-void build_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op, unsigned min_bytes);
+void build_prepend_package_length(GArray *package);
+void build_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op);
 void build_append_value(GArray *table, uint32_t value, int size);
 void build_append_int(GArray *table, uint32_t value);
 void build_extop_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op);