diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_fulong2e.c b/hw/mips/mips_fulong2e.c
index e44521ffa9..5988a88c0b 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_fulong2e.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_fulong2e.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int64_t load_kernel (CPUMIPSState *env)
 
     if (load_elf(loaderparams.kernel_filename, cpu_mips_kseg0_to_phys, NULL,
                  (uint64_t *)&kernel_entry, (uint64_t *)&kernel_low,
-                 (uint64_t *)&kernel_high, 0, ELF_MACHINE, 1) < 0) {
+                 (uint64_t *)&kernel_high, 0, EM_MIPS, 1) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load kernel '%s'\n",
                 loaderparams.kernel_filename);
         exit(1);
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
index bb864fe908..c1f570a79f 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ static int64_t load_kernel (void)
 
     if (load_elf(loaderparams.kernel_filename, cpu_mips_kseg0_to_phys, NULL,
                  (uint64_t *)&kernel_entry, NULL, (uint64_t *)&kernel_high,
-                 big_endian, ELF_MACHINE, 1) < 0) {
+                 big_endian, EM_MIPS, 1) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load kernel '%s'\n",
                 loaderparams.kernel_filename);
         exit(1);
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c b/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c
index e65131266c..23b35bea21 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_mipssim.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int64_t load_kernel(void)
     kernel_size = load_elf(loaderparams.kernel_filename, cpu_mips_kseg0_to_phys,
                            NULL, (uint64_t *)&entry, NULL,
                            (uint64_t *)&kernel_high, big_endian,
-                           ELF_MACHINE, 1);
+                           EM_MIPS, 1);
     if (kernel_size >= 0) {
         if ((entry & ~0x7fffffffULL) == 0x80000000)
             entry = (int32_t)entry;
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c b/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
index 97628fc5fe..af10da1c57 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int64_t load_kernel(void)
     kernel_size = load_elf(loaderparams.kernel_filename, cpu_mips_kseg0_to_phys,
                            NULL, (uint64_t *)&entry, NULL,
                            (uint64_t *)&kernel_high, big_endian,
-                           ELF_MACHINE, 1);
+                           EM_MIPS, 1);
     if (kernel_size >= 0) {
         if ((entry & ~0x7fffffffULL) == 0x80000000)
             entry = (int32_t)entry;
diff --git a/target-mips/cpu.h b/target-mips/cpu.h
index ed7d86d779..ec5f991dfb 100644
--- a/target-mips/cpu.h
+++ b/target-mips/cpu.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 #define ALIGNED_ONLY
 
-#define ELF_MACHINE	EM_MIPS
-
 #define CPUArchState struct CPUMIPSState
 
 #include "config.h"