diff --git a/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c b/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c
index dfa69424ed..fe94dd3b96 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static gchar *mktempshm(int size, int *fd)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int ret, fd;
-    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     gchar dir[] = "/tmp/ivshmem-test.XXXXXX";
 
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
@@ -488,9 +487,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/memdev", test_ivshmem_memdev);
     if (g_test_slow()) {
         qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/pair", test_ivshmem_pair);
-        if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") != 0) {
-            qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/server", test_ivshmem_server);
-        }
+        qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/server", test_ivshmem_server);
     }
 
 out: