diff --git a/test/vfio_user/common.sh b/test/vfio_user/common.sh
index 9bccc6c25..4c7f11ab4 100644
--- a/test/vfio_user/common.sh
+++ b/test/vfio_user/common.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 source "$rootdir/test/vhost/common.sh"
 
 # Verify vfio-user support of qemu.
-VFIO_QEMU_BIN=${VFIO_QEMU_BIN:-/usr/local/qemu/vfio-user-irqmask2/bin/qemu-system-x86_64}
-
 if [[ ! -e $VFIO_QEMU_BIN ]]; then
 	error "$VFIO_QEMU_BIN QEMU not found, cannot run the vfio-user tests"
 	return 1