diff --git a/hw/m68k/next-cube.c b/hw/m68k/next-cube.c
index 5d244b3b95..d17e6be8e1 100644
--- a/hw/m68k/next-cube.c
+++ b/hw/m68k/next-cube.c
@@ -950,7 +950,6 @@ static void next_cube_init(MachineState *machine)
     MemoryRegion *bmapm2 = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
     const char *bios_name = machine->firmware ?: ROM_FILE;
-    DeviceState *dev;
     DeviceState *pcdev;
 
     /* Initialize the cpu core */
@@ -974,9 +973,7 @@ static void next_cube_init(MachineState *machine)
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0x04000000, machine->ram);
 
     /* Framebuffer */
-    dev = qdev_new(TYPE_NEXTFB);
-    sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
-    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, 0x0B000000);
+    sysbus_create_simple(TYPE_NEXTFB, 0x0B000000, NULL);
 
     /* MMIO */
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(pcdev), 0, 0x02000000);
@@ -993,9 +990,7 @@ static void next_cube_init(MachineState *machine)
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0x820c0000, bmapm2);
 
     /* KBD */
-    dev = qdev_new(TYPE_NEXTKBD);
-    sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
-    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, 0x0200e000);
+    sysbus_create_simple(TYPE_NEXTKBD, 0x0200e000, NULL);
 
     /* Load ROM here */
     /* still not sure if the rom should also be mapped at 0x0*/