diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
index 6586c9fa62ff887594dd5c87de4fed19152b5aa6..c82360f429c76c25cd3cdfbfe2ac055ef2c8a8a9 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
@@ -82,15 +82,6 @@
 #define QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED \
     "Guest agent command failed, error was '%s'"
 
-#define QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT \
-    "Expected '%s' in QMP input"
-
-#define QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT_MEMBER \
-    "QMP input object member '%s' expects '%s'"
-
-#define QERR_QMP_EXTRA_MEMBER \
-    "QMP input object member '%s' is unexpected"
-
 #define QERR_SET_PASSWD_FAILED \
     "Could not set password"
 
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
index 7fb8aefe1063290ec03b76d69d4866f7cebdf47a..dc502129d80cafa6823f39b691a96bf214c6230e 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static QDict *qmp_dispatch_check_obj(const QObject *request, Error **errp)
 
     dict = qobject_to_qdict(request);
     if (!dict) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT, "object");
+        error_setg(errp, "Expected '%s' in QMP input", "object");
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -41,25 +41,26 @@ static QDict *qmp_dispatch_check_obj(const QObject *request, Error **errp)
 
         if (!strcmp(arg_name, "execute")) {
             if (qobject_type(arg_obj) != QTYPE_QSTRING) {
-                error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT_MEMBER, "execute",
-                           "string");
+                error_setg(errp, "QMP input object member '%s' expects '%s'",
+                           "execute", "string");
                 return NULL;
             }
             has_exec_key = true;
         } else if (!strcmp(arg_name, "arguments")) {
             if (qobject_type(arg_obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
-                error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT_MEMBER,
+                error_setg(errp, "QMP input object member '%s' expects '%s'",
                            "arguments", "object");
                 return NULL;
             }
         } else {
-            error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_EXTRA_MEMBER, arg_name);
+            error_setg(errp, "QMP input object member '%s' is unexpected",
+                       arg_name);
             return NULL;
         }
     }
 
     if (!has_exec_key) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT, "execute");
+        error_setg(errp, "Expected '%s' in QMP input", "execute");
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c b/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
index 0063327b3be2e4bdbad2bf4ebfbbde829af822cd..ed6c24ca4499f4f2dc6f1e33a9049d1a9d38793f 100644
--- a/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ static void qobject_input_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
 
             g_hash_table_iter_init(&iter, top_ht);
             if (g_hash_table_iter_next(&iter, (void **)&key, NULL)) {
-                error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_EXTRA_MEMBER, key);
+                error_setg(errp, "QMP input object member '%s' is unexpected",
+                           key);
             }
         }
     }