diff --git a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
index e778939950..70c579560a 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ enum {
     QEMU_ARCH_RX = (1 << 20),
     QEMU_ARCH_AVR = (1 << 21),
     QEMU_ARCH_HEXAGON = (1 << 22),
-
-    QEMU_ARCH_NONE = (1 << 31),
 };
 
 extern const uint32_t arch_type;
diff --git a/stubs/arch_type.c b/stubs/arch_type.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fc5423bc98..0000000000
--- a/stubs/arch_type.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
-
-const uint32_t arch_type = QEMU_ARCH_NONE;
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index d3fa8646b3..717bfa9a99 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-stub_ss.add(files('arch_type.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('bdrv-next-monitor-owned.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('blk-commit-all.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('blk-exp-close-all.c'))