diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
index 8459d0f3cd..f59fb15c5f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc
 require conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
 
-MACHINE_FEATURES = ""
-
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES = "38400;ttyAMA0 38400;hvc0"