diff --git a/mk/qemu.mk b/mk/qemu.mk
index 08f4421c1..9daf651eb 100644
--- a/mk/qemu.mk
+++ b/mk/qemu.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ else ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
 	QEMU_CPU?=core2duo
 	QEMU_SMP?=4
 	QEMU_MEM?=2048
-	uefi?=yes
 	ifeq ($(uefi),yes)
 		FIRMWARE=$(firstword \
 			$(wildcard /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd) \