diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 0dce512f18..04213b45b4 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -791,19 +791,6 @@ static void pc_i440fx_machine_2_5_options(MachineClass *m)
 
 DEFINE_I440FX_MACHINE(2, 5);
 
-static void pc_i440fx_machine_2_4_options(MachineClass *m)
-{
-    PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_CLASS(m);
-
-    pc_i440fx_machine_2_5_options(m);
-    m->hw_version = "2.4.0";
-    pcmc->broken_reserved_end = true;
-    compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_2_4, hw_compat_2_4_len);
-    compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_2_4, pc_compat_2_4_len);
-}
-
-DEFINE_I440FX_MACHINE(2, 4);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ISAPC
 static void isapc_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
 {
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index c538b3d05b..47e1260241 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -685,16 +685,3 @@ static void pc_q35_machine_2_5_options(MachineClass *m)
 }
 
 DEFINE_Q35_MACHINE(2, 5);
-
-static void pc_q35_machine_2_4_options(MachineClass *m)
-{
-    PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_CLASS(m);
-
-    pc_q35_machine_2_5_options(m);
-    m->hw_version = "2.4.0";
-    pcmc->broken_reserved_end = true;
-    compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_2_4, hw_compat_2_4_len);
-    compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_2_4, pc_compat_2_4_len);
-}
-
-DEFINE_Q35_MACHINE(2, 4);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c b/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c
index c9de47bb26..456e2af665 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c
@@ -365,20 +365,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                        "level", 10);
     }
 
-    /*
-     * xlevel doesn't have any feature that triggers auto-level
-     * code on old machine-types.  Just check that the compat code
-     * is working correctly:
-     */
-    if (qtest_has_machine("pc-i440fx-2.4")) {
-        add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/xlevel-compat/pc-i440fx-2.4/npt-off",
-                       "SandyBridge", NULL, "pc-i440fx-2.4",
-                       "xlevel", 0x80000008);
-        add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/xlevel-compat/pc-i440fx-2.4/npt-on",
-                       "SandyBridge", "svm=on,npt=on", "pc-i440fx-2.4",
-                       "xlevel", 0x80000008);
-    }
-
     /* Test feature parsing */
     add_feature_test("x86/cpuid/features/plus",
                      "486", "+arat",