diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index a65c92a262e8894a40329a28a7b4a4e0e10a58a9..6f44cbf4e62dde240d888570dfb587342b408090 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -125,12 +125,13 @@ void qemuDomainCmdlineDefFree(qemuDomainCmdlineDefPtr def)
 }
 
 
-#define VIR_QEMU_OVMF_LOADER_PATH "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd"
-#define VIR_QEMU_OVMF_NVRAM_PATH "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd"
-#define VIR_QEMU_OVMF_SEC_LOADER_PATH "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd"
-#define VIR_QEMU_OVMF_SEC_NVRAM_PATH "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd"
-#define VIR_QEMU_AAVMF_LOADER_PATH "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd"
-#define VIR_QEMU_AAVMF_NVRAM_PATH "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd"
+#ifndef DEFAULT_LOADER_NVRAM
+# define DEFAULT_LOADER_NVRAM \
+    "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd:/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd:" \
+    "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd:/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd:" \
+    "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd:/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd"
+#endif
+
 
 virQEMUDriverConfigPtr virQEMUDriverConfigNew(bool privileged)
 {
@@ -328,29 +329,11 @@ virQEMUDriverConfigPtr virQEMUDriverConfigNew(bool privileged)
         virBitmapSetBit(cfg->namespaces, QEMU_DOMAIN_NS_MOUNT) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-#ifdef DEFAULT_LOADER_NVRAM
     if (virFirmwareParseList(DEFAULT_LOADER_NVRAM,
                              &cfg->firmwares,
                              &cfg->nfirmwares) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-#else
-    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(cfg->firmwares, 3) < 0)
-        goto error;
-    cfg->nfirmwares = 3;
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(cfg->firmwares[0]) < 0 || VIR_ALLOC(cfg->firmwares[1]) < 0 ||
-        VIR_ALLOC(cfg->firmwares[2]) < 0)
-        goto error;
-
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(cfg->firmwares[0]->name, VIR_QEMU_AAVMF_LOADER_PATH) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cfg->firmwares[0]->nvram, VIR_QEMU_AAVMF_NVRAM_PATH) < 0  ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cfg->firmwares[1]->name, VIR_QEMU_OVMF_LOADER_PATH) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cfg->firmwares[1]->nvram, VIR_QEMU_OVMF_NVRAM_PATH) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cfg->firmwares[2]->name, VIR_QEMU_OVMF_SEC_LOADER_PATH) < 0 ||
-        VIR_STRDUP(cfg->firmwares[2]->nvram, VIR_QEMU_OVMF_SEC_NVRAM_PATH) < 0)
-        goto error;
-#endif
-
     return cfg;
 
  error: