diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d94580404c..2d5253680c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -389,13 +389,8 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring qemu-ga,$(TOOLS)))
 endif
 endif
 
-install-confdir:
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_confdir)"
 
-install-sysconfig: install-datadir install-confdir
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_confdir)"
-
-install: all $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),install-doc) install-sysconfig \
+install: all $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),install-doc) \
 install-datadir install-localstatedir
 ifneq ($(TOOLS),)
 	$(call install-prog,$(TOOLS),$(DESTDIR)$(bindir))
diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index 23d3feba44..b5d90a41fa 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static struct defconfig_file {
     bool userconfig;
 } default_config_files[] = {
     { CONFIG_QEMU_CONFDIR "/qemu.conf",                   true },
-    { CONFIG_QEMU_CONFDIR "/target-" TARGET_NAME ".conf", true },
     { NULL }, /* end of list */
 };
 
diff --git a/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf b/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000