diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 92e57d0925..74fdd29d60 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2199,7 +2199,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/qdigidoc-bundle-config-files.patch       \
   %D%/packages/patches/qdigidoc-bundle-tsl-files.patch          \
   %D%/packages/patches/qemu-build-info-manual.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/qemu-disable-bios-tables-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/qemu-glibc-2.27.patch 			\
   %D%/packages/patches/qemu-glibc-2.30.patch 			\
   %D%/packages/patches/qemu-fix-agent-paths.patch 		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/qemu-disable-bios-tables-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/qemu-disable-bios-tables-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fc5dc71da9..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/qemu-disable-bios-tables-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tests/qtest/meson.build b/tests/qtest/meson.build
-index 669d07c06b..3399c1043a 100644
---- a/tests/qtest/meson.build
-+++ b/tests/qtest/meson.build
-@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
- slow_qtests = {
-   'ahci-test': 150,
-   'aspeed_smc-test': 360,
--  'bios-tables-test' : 910,
-   'cdrom-test' : 610,
-   'device-introspect-test' : 720,
-   'ide-test' : 120,
-@@ -102,9 +101,6 @@ qtests_i386 = \
-    config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_Q35') and                                             \
-    config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI') and                                      \
-    slirp.found() ? ['virtio-net-failover'] : []) +                                          \
--  (unpack_edk2_blobs and                                                                    \
--   config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_HPET') and                                            \
--   config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_PARALLEL') ? ['bios-tables-test'] : []) +             \
-   qtests_pci +                                                                              \
-   qtests_cxl +                                                                              \
-   [
-@@ -148,7 +144,6 @@ qtests_hppa = \
- 
- qtests_loongarch64 = qtests_filter + \
-   (config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_LOONGARCH_VIRT') ? ['numa-test'] : []) + \
--  (unpack_edk2_blobs ? ['bios-tables-test'] : []) + \
-   ['boot-serial-test',
-    'cpu-plug-test']
- 
-@@ -253,7 +248,6 @@ qtests_arm = \
- 
- # TODO: once aarch64 TCG is fixed on ARM 32 bit host, make bios-tables-test unconditional
- qtests_aarch64 = \
--  (cpu != 'arm' and unpack_edk2_blobs ? ['bios-tables-test'] : []) +                            \
-   (config_all_accel.has_key('CONFIG_TCG') and config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_TPM_TIS_SYSBUS') ?            \
-     ['tpm-tis-device-test', 'tpm-tis-device-swtpm-test'] : []) +                                         \
-   (config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_XLNX_ZYNQMP_ARM') ? ['xlnx-can-test', 'fuzz-xlnx-dp-test'] : []) + \
-@@ -281,8 +275,7 @@ qtests_s390x = \
- qtests_riscv32 = \
-   (config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_SIFIVE_E_AON') ? ['sifive-e-aon-watchdog-test'] : [])
- 
--qtests_riscv64 = ['riscv-csr-test'] + \
--  (unpack_edk2_blobs ? ['bios-tables-test'] : [])
-+qtests_riscv64 = ['riscv-csr-test']
- 
- qos_test_ss = ss.source_set()
- qos_test_ss.add(
-@@ -371,7 +364,6 @@ qtests = {
-   'aspeed_smc-test': files('aspeed-smc-utils.c', 'aspeed_smc-test.c'),
-   'ast2700-hace-test': files('aspeed-hace-utils.c', 'ast2700-hace-test.c'),
-   'ast2700-smc-test': files('aspeed-smc-utils.c', 'ast2700-smc-test.c'),
--  'bios-tables-test': [io, 'boot-sector.c', 'acpi-utils.c', 'tpm-emu.c'],
-   'cdrom-test': files('boot-sector.c'),
-   'dbus-vmstate-test': files('migration/migration-qmp.c',
-                              'migration/migration-util.c') + dbus_vmstate1,
diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
index 022cce9c6e..2c686a0928 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@
 (define-public qemu
   (package
     (name "qemu")
+    ;; Do not forget to update the various firmware used by QEMU, and sync the
+    ;; configuration options used by the seabios-qemu package with those
+    ;; provided by QEMU.
     (version "10.1.0")
     (source
      (origin
@@ -206,7 +209,6 @@
        (sha256
         (base32 "0ldyh3qia7zwv0xq6f67cp567i6ma1hb11gsqaz3x9qcnm4p6lg0"))
        (patches (search-patches "qemu-build-info-manual.patch"
-                                "qemu-disable-bios-tables-test.patch"
                                 "qemu-fix-agent-paths.patch"
                                 "qemu-fix-test-virtio-version.patch"))
        (modules '((guix build utils)))
@@ -302,11 +304,11 @@
                      (allowed-differences
                       ;; Ignore minor differences (addresses etc) in the firmware
                       ;; data tables compared to what the test suite expects.
-                      '("tests/data/acpi/pc/SSDT.dimmpxm"
-                        "tests/data/acpi/pc/DSDT.dimmpxm"
-                        "tests/data/acpi/pc/ERST.acpierst"
-                        "tests/data/acpi/q35/ERST.acpierst"
-                        "tests/data/acpi/q35/DSDT.cxl"))
+                      '("tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/SSDT.dimmpxm"
+                        "tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.dimmpxm"
+                        "tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/ERST.acpierst"
+                        "tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/ERST.acpierst"
+                        "tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.cxl"))
                      (allowed-differences-whitelist
                       (open-file "tests/qtest/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h"
                                  "a")))