diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
index e93211085a..63ab775dc5 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
  * add new ones!
  */
 
-#define QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER \
-    "Invalid parameter '%s'"
-
 #define QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE \
     "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: %s"
 
diff --git a/qapi/opts-visitor.c b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
index 8f1efab8b9..3d1a28b419 100644
--- a/qapi/opts-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ opts_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
         const QemuOpt *first;
 
         first = g_queue_peek_head(any);
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, first->name);
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter '%s'", first->name);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index eedd08929b..201f7a87f3 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static bool opt_validate(QemuOpt *opt, Error **errp)
 
     desc = find_desc_by_name(list->desc, opt->name);
     if (!desc && !opts_accepts_any(list)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, opt->name);
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter '%s'", opt->name);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ bool qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val,
 
     desc = find_desc_by_name(list->desc, name);
     if (!desc && !opts_accepts_any(list)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, name);
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter '%s'", name);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ bool qemu_opt_set_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, int64_t val,
 
     desc = find_desc_by_name(list->desc, name);
     if (!desc && !opts_accepts_any(list)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, name);
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter '%s'", name);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ QemuOpts *qemu_opts_create(QemuOptsList *list, const char *id,
 
     if (list->merge_lists) {
         if (id) {
-            error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "id");
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter 'id'");
             return NULL;
         }
         opts = qemu_opts_find(list, NULL);
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ bool qemu_opts_validate(QemuOpts *opts, const QemuOptDesc *desc, Error **errp)
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(opt, &opts->head, next) {
         opt->desc = find_desc_by_name(desc, opt->name);
         if (!opt->desc) {
-            error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, opt->name);
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter '%s'", opt->name);
             return false;
         }