diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 621cc3b7c4..a57590aae4 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -962,11 +962,7 @@ DriveInfo *drive_new(QemuOpts *all_opts, BlockInterfaceType block_default_type,
         QemuOpts *devopts;
         devopts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0,
                                    &error_abort);
-        if (arch_type == QEMU_ARCH_S390X) {
-            qemu_opt_set(devopts, "driver", "virtio-blk-ccw", &error_abort);
-        } else {
-            qemu_opt_set(devopts, "driver", "virtio-blk-pci", &error_abort);
-        }
+        qemu_opt_set(devopts, "driver", "virtio-blk", &error_abort);
         qemu_opt_set(devopts, "drive", qdict_get_str(bs_opts, "id"),
                      &error_abort);
     }