diff --git a/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c b/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c
index 90a87f0ea9..f76652143a 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c
@@ -26,21 +26,6 @@
                     "  'arguments': { 'type': 'full', "
 #define QUERY_TAIL  "}}"
 
-static bool kvm_enabled(QTestState *qts)
-{
-    QDict *resp, *qdict;
-    bool enabled;
-
-    resp = qtest_qmp(qts, "{ 'execute': 'query-kvm' }");
-    g_assert(qdict_haskey(resp, "return"));
-    qdict = qdict_get_qdict(resp, "return");
-    g_assert(qdict_haskey(qdict, "enabled"));
-    enabled = qdict_get_bool(qdict, "enabled");
-    qobject_unref(resp);
-
-    return enabled;
-}
-
 static QDict *do_query_no_props(QTestState *qts, const char *cpu_type)
 {
     return qtest_qmp(qts, QUERY_HEAD "'model': { 'name': %s }"
@@ -506,14 +491,6 @@ static void test_query_cpu_model_expansion_kvm(const void *data)
 
     qts = qtest_init(MACHINE_KVM "-cpu max");
 
-    /*
-     * These tests target the 'host' CPU type, so KVM must be enabled.
-     */
-    if (!kvm_enabled(qts)) {
-        qtest_quit(qts);
-        return;
-    }
-
     /* Enabling and disabling kvm-no-adjvtime should always work. */
     assert_has_feature_disabled(qts, "host", "kvm-no-adjvtime");
     assert_set_feature(qts, "host", "kvm-no-adjvtime", true);
@@ -637,7 +614,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
      * order avoid attempting to run an AArch32 QEMU with KVM on
      * AArch64 hosts. That won't work and isn't easy to detect.
      */
-    if (g_str_equal(qtest_get_arch(), "aarch64")) {
+    if (g_str_equal(qtest_get_arch(), "aarch64") && qtest_has_accel("kvm")) {
+        /*
+         * This tests target the 'host' CPU type, so register it only if
+         * KVM is available.
+         */
         qtest_add_data_func("/arm/kvm/query-cpu-model-expansion",
                             NULL, test_query_cpu_model_expansion_kvm);
     }