diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
index d3fd52851c..f259ebb804 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ SKIP_RECIPE[busybox] = "Don't build this"
         image_name = 'core-image-minimal'
         features = 'IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS = "1"\n'
         features += 'IMAGE_FSTYPES_DEBUGFS = "tar.bz2"\n'
-        features += 'MACHINE = "genericx86-64"\n'
         self.write_config(features)
 
         bitbake(image_name)