diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
index 75bb98861f..a5f9ed821f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyS0 console=tty"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-vga cirrus -show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
-QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-${TUNE_ARCH}"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemumips.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemumips.conf
index 48d9f41d9d..31ad754483 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemumips.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemumips.conf
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux"
 KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux.bin"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyS1"
+
+QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-mips"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf
index 1872e7b62d..6d5174665f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux"
 KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux.bin"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyS1"
+
+QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-mips64"