diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 516a254094..eb3e338206 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ libcacard.la:
 install-libcacard:
 	@echo "libtool is missing, please install and rerun configure"; exit 1
 else
-libcacard.la: $(GENERATED_HEADERS) $(oslib-obj-y) qemu-malloc.o qemu-timer-common.o $(addsuffix .lo, $(basename $(trace-obj-y)))
+libcacard.la: $(GENERATED_HEADERS) $(oslib-obj-y) qemu-timer-common.o $(addsuffix .lo, $(basename $(trace-obj-y)))
 	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) -C libcacard V="$(V)" TARGET_DIR="$*/" libcacard.la,)
 
 install-libcacard: libcacard.la
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ qemu-img-cmds.h: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx
 
 check-qint.o check-qstring.o check-qdict.o check-qlist.o check-qfloat.o check-qjson.o test-coroutine.o: $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 
-CHECK_PROG_DEPS = qemu-malloc.o $(oslib-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) qemu-tool.o
+CHECK_PROG_DEPS = $(oslib-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) qemu-tool.o
 
 check-qint: check-qint.o qint.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS)
 check-qstring: check-qstring.o qstring.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS)
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ $(qapi-dir)/qga-qmp-marshal.c: $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema-guest.json $(SRC_PATH)/sc
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py -o "$(qapi-dir)" -p "qga-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 
 test-visitor.o: $(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, test-qapi-types.c test-qapi-types.h test-qapi-visit.c test-qapi-visit.h) $(qapi-obj-y)
-test-visitor: test-visitor.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o $(qapi-obj-y) error.o osdep.o qemu-malloc.o $(oslib-obj-y) qjson.o json-streamer.o json-lexer.o json-parser.o qerror.o qemu-error.o qemu-tool.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o
+test-visitor: test-visitor.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o $(qapi-obj-y) error.o osdep.o $(oslib-obj-y) qjson.o json-streamer.o json-lexer.o json-parser.o qerror.o qemu-error.o qemu-tool.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o
 
 test-qmp-commands.o: $(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, test-qapi-types.c test-qapi-types.h test-qapi-visit.c test-qapi-visit.h test-qmp-marshal.c test-qmp-commands.h) $(qapi-obj-y)
-test-qmp-commands: test-qmp-commands.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o $(qapi-obj-y) error.o osdep.o qemu-malloc.o $(oslib-obj-y) qjson.o json-streamer.o json-lexer.o json-parser.o qerror.o qemu-error.o qemu-tool.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qmp-marshal.o module.o
+test-qmp-commands: test-qmp-commands.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o $(qapi-obj-y) error.o osdep.o $(oslib-obj-y) qjson.o json-streamer.o json-lexer.o json-parser.o qerror.o qemu-error.o qemu-tool.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qmp-marshal.o module.o
 
 QGALIB=qga/guest-agent-command-state.o qga/guest-agent-commands.o
 QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, qga-qapi-types.c qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.c qga-qmp-marshal.c)
diff --git a/libcacard/Makefile b/libcacard/Makefile
index f72781ef25..9ad8f1ec12 100644
--- a/libcacard/Makefile
+++ b/libcacard/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ libcacard_includedir=$(includedir)/cacard
 $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH):$(libcacard_srcpath))
 
 # objects linked against normal qemu binaries, not compiled with libtool
-QEMU_OBJS=$(addprefix ../,$(oslib-obj-y) qemu-malloc.o qemu-timer-common.o $(trace-obj-y))
+QEMU_OBJS=$(addprefix ../,$(oslib-obj-y) qemu-timer-common.o $(trace-obj-y))
 
 # objects linked into a shared library, built with libtool with -fPIC if required
 QEMU_OBJS_LIB=$(addsuffix .lo,$(basename $(QEMU_OBJS)))