diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
index 2e0a8b6e0c9662c35c964df4c5decd95a4c13eb9..31473e749e0fa9fcfcb7302e5885619a02871437 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int s390_ipl_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
 
         bios_size = load_elf(bios_filename, bios_translate_addr, &fwbase,
                              &ipl->bios_start_addr, NULL, NULL, 1,
-                             ELF_MACHINE, 0);
+                             EM_S390, 0);
         if (bios_size > 0) {
             /* Adjust ELF start address to final location */
             ipl->bios_start_addr += fwbase;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int s390_ipl_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
 
     if (ipl->kernel) {
         kernel_size = load_elf(ipl->kernel, NULL, NULL, &pentry, NULL,
-                               NULL, 1, ELF_MACHINE, 0);
+                               NULL, 1, EM_S390, 0);
         if (kernel_size < 0) {
             kernel_size = load_image_targphys(ipl->kernel, 0, ram_size);
         }
diff --git a/target-s390x/cpu.h b/target-s390x/cpu.h
index 9aeb0241fb167194823ee6cedeb58b1ca234fe9d..5acd54c6ca31a63ec273cb3242f46c339d484af2 100644
--- a/target-s390x/cpu.h
+++ b/target-s390x/cpu.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #define TARGET_LONG_BITS 64
 
-#define ELF_MACHINE	EM_S390
 #define ELF_MACHINE_UNAME "S390X"
 
 #define CPUArchState struct CPUS390XState