diff --git a/hw/arm/nseries.c b/hw/arm/nseries.c
index d4eb141764..fea911e3e3 100644
--- a/hw/arm/nseries.c
+++ b/hw/arm/nseries.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ static void n8x0_init(MachineState *machine,
     n8x0_dss_setup(s);
     n8x0_cbus_setup(s);
     n8x0_uart_setup(s);
-    if (usb_enabled()) {
+    if (machine_usb(machine)) {
         n8x0_usb_setup(s);
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/realview.c b/hw/arm/realview.c
index 7d0aa6ff4f..8eafccaf1d 100644
--- a/hw/arm/realview.c
+++ b/hw/arm/realview.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void realview_init(MachineState *machine,
         sysbus_connect_irq(busdev, 2, pic[50]);
         sysbus_connect_irq(busdev, 3, pic[51]);
         pci_bus = (PCIBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "pci");
-        if (usb_enabled()) {
+        if (machine_usb(machine)) {
             pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "pci-ohci");
         }
         n = drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI);
diff --git a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
index 20dd3561c8..8ae5392bcc 100644
--- a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
+++ b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static void versatile_init(MachineState *machine, int board_id)
             pci_nic_init_nofail(nd, pci_bus, "rtl8139", NULL);
         }
     }
-    if (usb_enabled()) {
+    if (machine_usb(machine)) {
         pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "pci-ohci");
     }
     n = drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 14dd0cc774..82c7c0a5fa 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
 
     pc_cmos_init(pcms, idebus[0], idebus[1], rtc_state);
 
-    if (pcmc->pci_enabled && usb_enabled()) {
+    if (pcmc->pci_enabled && machine_usb(machine)) {
         pci_create_simple(pci_bus, piix3_devfn + 2, "piix3-usb-uhci");
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 04aae8958c..31a6a59383 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
     ide_drive_get(hd, ICH_AHCI(ahci)->ahci.ports);
     ahci_ide_create_devs(ahci, hd);
 
-    if (usb_enabled()) {
+    if (machine_usb(machine)) {
         /* Should we create 6 UHCI according to ich9 spec? */
         ehci_create_ich9_with_companions(host_bus, 0x1d);
     }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
index a9bb1c27df..447948746b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static void ppc_heathrow_init(MachineState *machine)
     dev = qdev_create(adb_bus, TYPE_ADB_MOUSE);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
-    if (usb_enabled()) {
+    if (machine_usb(machine)) {
         pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "pci-ohci");
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/prep.c b/hw/ppc/prep.c
index 07ffe72de1..054af1e8b4 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/prep.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static void ppc_prep_init(MachineState *machine)
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0xFEFF0000, xcsr);
 #endif
 
-    if (usb_enabled()) {
+    if (machine_usb(machine)) {
         pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "pci-ohci");
     }
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 94281413d0..7313673b66 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ void qemu_boot_set(const char *boot_order, Error **errp);
 QemuOpts *qemu_get_machine_opts(void);
 
 bool defaults_enabled(void);
-bool usb_enabled(void);
 
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_legacy_drive_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_common_drive_opts;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index b0bcc255ee..45eff5661b 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1072,11 +1072,6 @@ bool defaults_enabled(void)
     return has_defaults;
 }
 
-bool usb_enabled(void)
-{
-    return machine_usb(current_machine);
-}
-
 #ifndef _WIN32
 static int parse_add_fd(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -1393,7 +1388,7 @@ static int usb_device_add(const char *devname)
     const char *p;
 #endif
 
-    if (!usb_enabled()) {
+    if (!machine_usb(current_machine)) {
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1425,7 +1420,7 @@ static int usb_device_del(const char *devname)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (!usb_enabled()) {
+    if (!machine_usb(current_machine)) {
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -4501,7 +4496,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     }
 
     /* init USB devices */
-    if (usb_enabled()) {
+    if (machine_usb(current_machine)) {
         if (foreach_device_config(DEV_USB, usb_parse) < 0)
             exit(1);
     }