diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 4a1af04b9a..6f3f2e76df 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -520,8 +520,7 @@ def get_qemu_path(arch, build_path=None):
     if "QEMU" in os.environ:
         qemu_path = os.environ["QEMU"]
     elif build_path:
-        qemu_path = os.path.join(build_path, arch + "-softmmu")
-        qemu_path = os.path.join(qemu_path, "qemu-system-" + arch)
+        qemu_path = os.path.join(build_path, "qemu-system-" + arch)
     else:
         # Default is to use system path for qemu.
         qemu_path = "qemu-system-" + arch