diff --git a/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c b/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c
index 8532410756..4ff5e7b685 100644
--- a/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c
+++ b/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void tricore_load_kernel(CPUTriCoreState *env)
     kernel_size = load_elf(tricoretb_binfo.kernel_filename, NULL,
                            NULL, (uint64_t *)&entry, NULL,
                            NULL, 0,
-                           ELF_MACHINE, 1);
+                           EM_TRICORE, 1);
     if (kernel_size <= 0) {
         error_report("qemu: no kernel file '%s'",
                 tricoretb_binfo.kernel_filename);
diff --git a/target-tricore/cpu.h b/target-tricore/cpu.h
index 42751e8a0c..20a12f3a40 100644
--- a/target-tricore/cpu.h
+++ b/target-tricore/cpu.h
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include "exec/cpu-defs.h"
 #include "fpu/softfloat.h"
 
-#define ELF_MACHINE     EM_TRICORE
-
 #define CPUArchState struct CPUTriCoreState
 
 struct CPUTriCoreState;