diff --git a/target-m68k/Makefile.objs b/target-m68k/Makefile.objs
index 7eccfab0e43790ac15f4ef298abf77a254ed0a9b..2e2b85044d9c6cfdb988fc150f3648830a8e71a4 100644
--- a/target-m68k/Makefile.objs
+++ b/target-m68k/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 obj-y += m68k-semi.o
 obj-y += translate.o op_helper.o helper.o cpu.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += machine.o
diff --git a/target-m68k/cpu.c b/target-m68k/cpu.c
index 5c7803181dff9c4283de0fe177926db9f60369cc..c911b8fa970edfef0d5cf56f8a7a6a99b8e02ed5 100644
--- a/target-m68k/cpu.c
+++ b/target-m68k/cpu.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "migration/vmstate.h"
 
 
 static void m68k_set_feature(CPUM68KState *env, int feature)
@@ -143,15 +144,22 @@ static void m68k_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
     cpu_exec_init(env);
 }
 
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_m68k_cpu = {
+    .name = "cpu",
+    .unmigratable = 1,
+};
+
 static void m68k_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *c, void *data)
 {
     M68kCPUClass *mcc = M68K_CPU_CLASS(c);
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_CLASS(c);
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(c);
 
     mcc->parent_reset = cc->reset;
     cc->reset = m68k_cpu_reset;
 
     cc->class_by_name = m68k_cpu_class_by_name;
+    dc->vmsd = &vmstate_m68k_cpu;
 }
 
 static void register_cpu_type(const M68kCPUInfo *info)
diff --git a/target-m68k/machine.c b/target-m68k/machine.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000