diff --git a/hw/arm/raspi.c b/hw/arm/raspi.c
index 955a7c4e80..66899c28dc 100644
--- a/hw/arm/raspi.c
+++ b/hw/arm/raspi.c
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ static void raspi2_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
     mc->no_parallel = 1;
     mc->no_floppy = 1;
     mc->no_cdrom = 1;
-    mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a7");
     mc->max_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;
     mc->min_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;
     mc->default_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;
@@ -249,7 +248,6 @@ static void raspi3_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
     mc->no_parallel = 1;
     mc->no_floppy = 1;
     mc->no_cdrom = 1;
-    mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a53");
     mc->max_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;
     mc->min_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;
     mc->default_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;