diff --git a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
index 6e0d9945d0..f9e8af3bf5 100644
--- a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ void fw_cfg_build_smbios(PCMachineState *pcms, FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
 
     if (pcmc->smbios_defaults) {
         /* These values are guest ABI, do not change */
-        smbios_set_defaults("QEMU", mc->desc, mc->name,
-                            pcmc->smbios_uuid_encoded);
+        smbios_set_defaults("QEMU", mc->desc, mc->name, true);
     }
 
     /* tell smbios about cpuid version and features */
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index b0b8ecd64d..215462e861 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1796,7 +1796,6 @@ static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     pcmc->has_acpi_build = true;
     pcmc->rsdp_in_ram = true;
     pcmc->smbios_defaults = true;
-    pcmc->smbios_uuid_encoded = true;
     pcmc->gigabyte_align = true;
     pcmc->has_reserved_memory = true;
     pcmc->enforce_aligned_dimm = true;
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 0d730318fe..5667b87ed0 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct PCMachineClass {
     /* SMBIOS compat: */
     bool smbios_defaults;
     bool smbios_legacy_mode;
-    bool smbios_uuid_encoded;
     SmbiosEntryPointType default_smbios_ep_type;
 
     /* RAM / address space compat: */