diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 765dc8dd35..74a8e96b2e 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -719,28 +719,11 @@ struct MachineState {
  * suitable period of time has passed, it will cause
  * execution of the method to return, avoiding registration
  * of the machine
- *
- * The new deprecation and deletion policy for versioned
- * machine types was introduced in QEMU 9.1.0.
- *
- * Under the new policy a number of old machine types (any
- * prior to 2.12) would be liable for immediate deletion
- * which would be a violation of our historical deprecation
- * and removal policy
- *
- * Thus deletions are temporarily gated on existance of
- * the env variable "QEMU_DELETE_MACHINES" / QEMU version
- * number >= 10.1.0. This gate can be deleted in the 10.1.0
- * dev cycle
  */
 #define MACHINE_VER_DELETION(...) \
     do { \
         if (MACHINE_VER_SHOULD_DELETE(__VA_ARGS__)) { \
-            if (getenv("QEMU_DELETE_MACHINES") || \
-                QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR > 10 || (QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR == 10 && \
-                                            QEMU_VERSION_MINOR >= 1)) { \
-                return; \
-            } \
+            return; \
         } \
     } while (0)