diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 806658c98b..5096cbcf14 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ supported_kvm_target() {
 supported_xen_target() {
     test "$xen" = "yes" || return 1
     glob "$1" "*-softmmu" || return 1
-    case "${1%-softmmu}:$cpu" in
-        arm:arm | aarch64:aarch64 | \
-        i386:i386 | i386:x86_64 | x86_64:i386 | x86_64:x86_64)
+    # Only i386 and x86_64 provide the xenpv machine.
+    case "${1%-softmmu}" in
+        i386|x86_64)
             return 0
         ;;
     esac