diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 4d7705c..f63843d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -3070,11 +3070,7 @@
     }
 
     if (machine->usb) {
-        if (smc->use_ohci_by_default) {
-            pci_create_simple(phb->bus, -1, "pci-ohci");
-        } else {
-            pci_create_simple(phb->bus, -1, "nec-usb-xhci");
-        }
+        pci_create_simple(phb->bus, -1, "nec-usb-xhci");
 
         if (has_vga) {
             USBBus *usb_bus;
@@ -5300,25 +5296,6 @@
 
 DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2, 6);
 
-/*
- * pseries-2.5
- */
-
-static void spapr_machine_2_5_class_options(MachineClass *mc)
-{
-    SpaprMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_CLASS(mc);
-    static GlobalProperty compat[] = {
-        { "spapr-vlan", "use-rx-buffer-pools", "off" },
-    };
-
-    spapr_machine_2_6_class_options(mc);
-    smc->use_ohci_by_default = true;
-    compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, hw_compat_2_5, hw_compat_2_5_len);
-    compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, compat, G_N_ELEMENTS(compat));
-}
-
-DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2, 5);
-
 static void spapr_machine_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&spapr_machine_info);
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index 1821ef9..6e9e623 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
     /*< public >*/
     bool dr_phb_enabled;       /* enable dynamic-reconfig/hotplug of PHBs */
     bool update_dt_enabled;    /* enable KVMPPC_H_UPDATE_DT */
-    bool use_ohci_by_default;  /* use USB-OHCI instead of XHCI */
     bool pre_2_10_has_unused_icps;
     bool legacy_irq_allocation;
     uint32_t nr_xirqs;