diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 9f036c81b9f18ca2acbf35c048deeb6cb7cac391..66220b352b753c3b7ac3dd02305fc0de4c86d7af 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ static void pc_q35_2_4_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     pc_q35_machine_options(m);
     m->default_machine_opts = "firmware=bios-256k.bin";
     m->default_display = "std";
+    m->no_floppy = 1;
     m->alias = "q35";
 }