diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 4bd8a4dec09d6b8ebeabeebc6c77b892ed542d6c..56bd2d54212abbfdabfda61e0bb62cfef04615b3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -3628,7 +3628,6 @@ virQEMUCapsGetDefaultMachine(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 static int
 virQEMUCapsFillDomainLoaderCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                 virDomainCapsLoaderPtr capsLoader,
-                                virArch arch,
                                 char **loader,
                                 size_t nloader)
 {
@@ -3656,8 +3655,7 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainLoaderCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     VIR_DOMAIN_CAPS_ENUM_SET(capsLoader->type,
                              VIR_DOMAIN_LOADER_TYPE_ROM);
 
-    if (arch == VIR_ARCH_X86_64 &&
-        virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE) &&
+    if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE) &&
         virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_FORMAT))
         VIR_DOMAIN_CAPS_ENUM_SET(capsLoader->type,
                                  VIR_DOMAIN_LOADER_TYPE_PFLASH);
@@ -3674,14 +3672,13 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainLoaderCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 static int
 virQEMUCapsFillDomainOSCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                             virDomainCapsOSPtr os,
-                            virArch arch,
                             char **loader,
                             size_t nloader)
 {
     virDomainCapsLoaderPtr capsLoader = &os->loader;
 
     os->device.supported = true;
-    if (virQEMUCapsFillDomainLoaderCaps(qemuCaps, capsLoader, arch,
+    if (virQEMUCapsFillDomainLoaderCaps(qemuCaps, capsLoader,
                                         loader, nloader) < 0)
         return -1;
     return 0;
@@ -3777,7 +3774,7 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainCaps(virDomainCapsPtr domCaps,
 
     domCaps->maxvcpus = maxvcpus;
 
-    if (virQEMUCapsFillDomainOSCaps(qemuCaps, os, domCaps->arch,
+    if (virQEMUCapsFillDomainOSCaps(qemuCaps, os,
                                     loader, nloader) < 0 ||
         virQEMUCapsFillDomainDeviceDiskCaps(qemuCaps, disk) < 0 ||
         virQEMUCapsFillDomainDeviceHostdevCaps(qemuCaps, hostdev) < 0)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 3d62d110a9b0023c6edd1a504a656af70685bbed..8ed793457db0dc75250d356b0acc3198bf2e0c37 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7748,16 +7748,6 @@ qemuBuildDomainLoaderCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
         break;
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_LOADER_TYPE_PFLASH:
-        /* UEFI is supported only for x86_64 currently */
-        if (def->os.arch != VIR_ARCH_X86_64 &&
-            def->os.arch != VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L &&
-            def->os.arch != VIR_ARCH_AARCH64) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                           _("pflash is not supported for %s guest architecture"),
-                           virArchToString(def->os.arch));
-            goto cleanup;
-        }
-
         if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE)) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                            _("this QEMU binary doesn't support -drive"));