diff --git a/hw/i386/microvm.c b/hw/i386/microvm.c
index 937db10ae6..44f940813b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/microvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/microvm.c
@@ -170,23 +170,9 @@ static void microvm_memory_init(MicrovmMachineState *mms)
     MemoryRegion *ram_below_4g, *ram_above_4g;
     MemoryRegion *system_memory = get_system_memory();
     FWCfgState *fw_cfg;
-    ram_addr_t lowmem;
+    ram_addr_t lowmem = 0xc0000000; /* 3G */
     int i;
 
-    /*
-     * Check whether RAM fits below 4G (leaving 1/2 GByte for IO memory
-     * and 256 Mbytes for PCI Express Enhanced Configuration Access Mapping
-     * also known as MMCFG).
-     * If it doesn't, we need to split it in chunks below and above 4G.
-     * In any case, try to make sure that guest addresses aligned at
-     * 1G boundaries get mapped to host addresses aligned at 1G boundaries.
-     */
-    if (machine->ram_size >= 0xb0000000) {
-        lowmem = 0x80000000;
-    } else {
-        lowmem = 0xb0000000;
-    }
-
     /*
      * Handle the machine opt max-ram-below-4g.  It is basically doing
      * min(qemu limit, user limit).