diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/qemu_cpu.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/qemu_cpu.cfg
index 29a6536df9e0deb73bd250f7fa79f38996648230..48d1a9b3534b40bdf5998e72e03008fc8184b037 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/qemu_cpu.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/qemu_cpu.cfg
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     usbs =
     usb_devices =
     skip_image_processing = yes
+    nettype = none
 
     # ask autotest to not mess with the cpu_model settings
     auto_cpu_model = no