diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
index 06ac983d4d..acd03a1ce8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # For runqemu
 IMAGE_CLASSES += "qemuboot"
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME_x86 = "qemu-system-i386"
-QB_CPU_x86 = "-cpu qemu32"
-QB_CPU_KVM_x86 = "-cpu kvm32"
+QB_CPU_x86 = "-cpu pentium2"
+QB_CPU_KVM_x86 = "-cpu pentium2"
 
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME_x86-64 = "qemu-system-x86_64"
 QB_CPU_x86-64 = "-cpu core2duo"
-QB_CPU_KVM_x86-64 = "-cpu kvm64"
+QB_CPU_KVM_x86-64 = "-cpu core2duo"
 
 QB_AUDIO_DRV = "alsa"
 QB_AUDIO_OPT = "-soundhw ac97,es1370"