diff --git a/hw/microblaze/boot.c b/hw/microblaze/boot.c
index 3e8820f365..d7eaa1f022 100644
--- a/hw/microblaze/boot.c
+++ b/hw/microblaze/boot.c
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ void microblaze_load_kernel(MicroBlazeCPU *cpu, hwaddr ddr_base,
         /* Boots a kernel elf binary.  */
         kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, NULL, NULL,
                                &entry, &low, &high,
-                               big_endian, ELF_MACHINE, 0);
+                               big_endian, EM_MICROBLAZE, 0);
         base32 = entry;
         if (base32 == 0xc0000000) {
             kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, translate_kernel_address,
                                    NULL, &entry, NULL, NULL,
-                                   big_endian, ELF_MACHINE, 0);
+                                   big_endian, EM_MICROBLAZE, 0);
         }
         /* Always boot into physical ram.  */
         boot_info.bootstrap_pc = (uint32_t)entry;
diff --git a/target-microblaze/cpu.h b/target-microblaze/cpu.h
index 402124a051..b707c71367 100644
--- a/target-microblaze/cpu.h
+++ b/target-microblaze/cpu.h
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ typedef struct CPUMBState CPUMBState;
 #include "mmu.h"
 #endif
 
-#define ELF_MACHINE	EM_MICROBLAZE
-
 #define EXCP_MMU        1
 #define EXCP_IRQ        2
 #define EXCP_BREAK      3