diff --git a/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh b/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh
index 8507f9dafe20..a6181cda1e63 100755
--- a/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh
+++ b/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ trap tempdir_cleanup EXIT SIGINT SIGHUP SIGTERM SIGQUIT
 # And, boot in QEMU.
 : ${BOOTLOG:=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ci-qemu-test-boot.log}
 timeout 300 \
-    qemu-system-x86_64 -M q35 -m 256M -nodefaults \
+    qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256M -nodefaults \
    	-drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=${OVMF} \
         -serial stdio -vga none -nographic -monitor none \
         -snapshot -hda fat:${ROOTDIR} 2>&1 | tee ${BOOTLOG}