diff --git a/hw/ppc/prep.c b/hw/ppc/prep.c
index 2a8009e20b..a248ce480d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/prep.c
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ static void ibm_40p_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_PPC_IS_KVM, kvm_enabled());
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
         uint8_t *hypercall;
 
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_PPC_TBFREQ, kvmppc_get_tbfreq());
@@ -788,7 +787,6 @@ static void ibm_40p_init(MachineState *machine)
         kvmppc_get_hypercall(env, hypercall, 16);
         fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_PPC_KVM_HC, hypercall, 16);
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_PPC_KVM_PID, getpid());
-#endif
     } else {
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_PPC_TBFREQ, NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND);
     }