diff --git a/util/module.c b/util/module.c
index 8d3e8275b9..7d7b69cbda 100644
--- a/util/module.c
+++ b/util/module.c
@@ -182,28 +182,6 @@ static int module_load_file(const char *fname, bool mayfail, bool export_symbols
 out:
     return ret;
 }
-
-static const struct {
-    const char *name;
-    const char *dep;
-} module_deps[] = {
-    { "audio-spice",    "ui-spice-core" },
-    { "chardev-spice",  "ui-spice-core" },
-    { "hw-display-qxl", "ui-spice-core" },
-    { "ui-spice-app",   "ui-spice-core" },
-    { "ui-spice-app",   "chardev-spice" },
-
-    { "hw-display-virtio-gpu-gl", "hw-display-virtio-gpu" },
-    { "hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl", "hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci" },
-    { "hw-display-virtio-vga-gl", "hw-display-virtio-vga" },
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_OPENGL
-    { "ui-egl-headless", "ui-opengl"    },
-    { "ui-gtk",          "ui-opengl"    },
-    { "ui-sdl",          "ui-opengl"    },
-    { "ui-spice-core",   "ui-opengl"    },
-#endif
-};
 #endif
 
 bool module_load_one(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name, bool mayfail)
@@ -219,9 +197,11 @@ bool module_load_one(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name, bool mayfail)
     char *dirs[5];
     char *module_name;
     int i = 0, n_dirs = 0;
-    int ret, dep;
+    int ret;
     bool export_symbols = false;
     static GHashTable *loaded_modules;
+    const QemuModinfo *modinfo;
+    const char **sl;
 
     if (!g_module_supported()) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Module is not supported by system.\n");
@@ -234,23 +214,30 @@ bool module_load_one(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name, bool mayfail)
 
     module_name = g_strdup_printf("%s%s", prefix, lib_name);
 
-    for (dep = 0; dep < ARRAY_SIZE(module_deps); dep++) {
-        if (strcmp(module_name, module_deps[dep].name) == 0) {
-            /* we depend on another module */
-            module_load_one("", module_deps[dep].dep, false);
-        }
-        if (strcmp(module_name, module_deps[dep].dep) == 0) {
-            /* another module depends on us */
-            export_symbols = true;
-        }
-    }
-
     if (g_hash_table_contains(loaded_modules, module_name)) {
         g_free(module_name);
         return true;
     }
     g_hash_table_add(loaded_modules, module_name);
 
+    for (modinfo = module_info; modinfo->name != NULL; modinfo++) {
+        if (modinfo->deps) {
+            if (strcmp(modinfo->name, module_name) == 0) {
+                /* we depend on other module(s) */
+                for (sl = modinfo->deps; *sl != NULL; sl++) {
+                    module_load_one("", *sl, false);
+                }
+            } else {
+                for (sl = modinfo->deps; *sl != NULL; sl++) {
+                    if (strcmp(module_name, *sl) == 0) {
+                        /* another module depends on us */
+                        export_symbols = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     search_dir = getenv("QEMU_MODULE_DIR");
     if (search_dir != NULL) {
         dirs[n_dirs++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", search_dir);