diff --git a/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c b/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c
index 4c9d081ed4..e268ce9b1a 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 
 void acpi_table_add(const QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
-    error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
+    g_assert_not_reached();
 }