diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
index f0a86f1e4c..ecd2873d91 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-arm"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine versatilepb"
 QB_GRAPHICS = "-device virtio-gpu-pci"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
-QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"
+QB_DTB ?= "zImage-versatile-pb.dtb"
 
 KMACHINE:qemuarmv5 = "arm-versatile-926ejs"