diff --git a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
index 30aaefc1d3..c3fb67f5dc 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         # The name of the kernel Image file
         self.image = self.get_tag('image', "Image")
 
-        # The block device drive type
-        self.drive = self.get_tag('drive', "virtio-blk-device")
-
         self.root = self.get_tag('root', "vda")
 
         # Occasionally we need extra devices to hook things up
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ def fetch_tuxrun_assets(self, dt=None):
 
         return (kernel_image, self.workdir + "/rootfs.ext4", dtb)
 
-    def prepare_run(self, kernel, disk, dtb=None, console_index=0):
+    def prepare_run(self, kernel, disk, drive, dtb=None, console_index=0):
         """
         Setup to run and add the common parameters to the system
         """
@@ -121,10 +118,8 @@ def prepare_run(self, kernel, disk, dtb=None, console_index=0):
         if self.extradev:
             self.vm.add_args('-device', self.extradev)
 
-        # Some machines already define a drive device
-        if self.drive != "none":
-            self.vm.add_args('-device',
-                             f"{self.drive},drive=hd0")
+        self.vm.add_args('-device',
+                         f"{drive},drive=hd0")
 
         # Some machines need an explicit DTB
         if dtb:
@@ -154,7 +149,9 @@ def run_tuxtest_tests(self, haltmsg):
         else:
             self.vm.wait()
 
-    def common_tuxrun(self, dt=None, haltmsg="reboot: System halted",
+    def common_tuxrun(self, dt=None,
+                      drive="virtio-blk-device",
+                      haltmsg="reboot: System halted",
                       console_index=0):
         """
         Common path for LKFT tests. Unless we need to do something
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@ def common_tuxrun(self, dt=None, haltmsg="reboot: System halted",
         """
         (kernel, disk, dtb) = self.fetch_tuxrun_assets(dt)
 
-        self.prepare_run(kernel, disk, dtb, console_index)
+        self.prepare_run(kernel, disk, drive, dtb, console_index)
         self.vm.launch()
         self.run_tuxtest_tests(haltmsg)
 
@@ -206,11 +203,11 @@ def test_armv5(self):
         :avocado: tags=machine:versatilepb
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:armv5
         :avocado: tags=image:zImage
-        :avocado: tags=drive:virtio-blk-pci
         :avocado: tags=console:ttyAMA0
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun(dt="versatile-pb.dtb")
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="virtio-blk-pci",
+                           dt="versatile-pb.dtb")
 
     def test_armv7(self):
         """
@@ -244,10 +241,9 @@ def test_i386(self):
         :avocado: tags=machine:q35
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:i386
         :avocado: tags=image:bzImage
-        :avocado: tags=drive:virtio-blk-pci
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="virtio-blk-pci")
 
     def test_mips32(self):
         """
@@ -257,11 +253,10 @@ def test_mips32(self):
         :avocado: tags=endian:big
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:mips32
         :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
-        :avocado: tags=drive:driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
 
     def test_mips32el(self):
         """
@@ -270,11 +265,10 @@ def test_mips32el(self):
         :avocado: tags=cpu:mips32r6-generic
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:mips32el
         :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
-        :avocado: tags=drive:driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
 
     @skip("QEMU currently broken") # regression against stable QEMU
     def test_mips64(self):
@@ -284,11 +278,10 @@ def test_mips64(self):
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:mips64
         :avocado: tags=endian:big
         :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
-        :avocado: tags=drive:driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
 
     def test_mips64el(self):
         """
@@ -296,11 +289,10 @@ def test_mips64el(self):
         :avocado: tags=machine:malta
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:mips64el
         :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
-        :avocado: tags=drive:driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
 
     def test_ppc32(self):
         """
@@ -309,10 +301,9 @@ def test_ppc32(self):
         :avocado: tags=cpu:e500mc
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:ppc32
         :avocado: tags=image:uImage
-        :avocado: tags=drive:virtio-blk-pci
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="virtio-blk-pci")
 
     def test_ppc64(self):
         """
@@ -324,10 +315,9 @@ def test_ppc64(self):
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:ppc64
         :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
         :avocado: tags=extradev:driver=spapr-vscsi
-        :avocado: tags=drive:scsi-hd
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="scsi-hd")
 
     def test_ppc64le(self):
         """
@@ -338,10 +328,9 @@ def test_ppc64le(self):
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:ppc64le
         :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
         :avocado: tags=extradev:driver=spapr-vscsi
-        :avocado: tags=drive:scsi-hd
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="scsi-hd")
 
     def test_riscv32(self):
         """
@@ -365,10 +354,10 @@ def test_s390(self):
         :avocado: tags=endian:big
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:s390
         :avocado: tags=image:bzImage
-        :avocado: tags=drive:virtio-blk-ccw
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun(haltmsg="Requesting system halt")
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="virtio-blk-ccw",
+                           haltmsg="Requesting system halt")
 
     # Note: some segfaults caused by unaligned userspace access
     @skipIf(os.getenv('GITLAB_CI'), 'Skipping unstable test on GitLab')
@@ -380,7 +369,6 @@ def test_sh4(self):
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:sh4
         :avocado: tags=image:zImage
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
-        :avocado: tags=drive:driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0
         :avocado: tags=console:ttySC1
         """
         # The test is currently too unstable to do much in userspace
@@ -388,7 +376,9 @@ def test_sh4(self):
         (kernel, disk, dtb) = self.fetch_tuxrun_assets()
 
         # the console comes on the second serial port
-        self.prepare_run(kernel, disk, console_index=1)
+        self.prepare_run(kernel, disk,
+                         "driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0",
+                         console_index=1)
         self.vm.launch()
 
         self.wait_for_console_pattern("Welcome to TuxTest")
@@ -404,10 +394,9 @@ def test_sparc64(self):
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:sparc64
         :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
-        :avocado: tags=drive:driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
 
     def test_x86_64(self):
         """
@@ -417,7 +406,6 @@ def test_x86_64(self):
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:x86_64
         :avocado: tags=image:bzImage
         :avocado: tags=root:sda
-        :avocado: tags=drive:driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
         """
-        self.common_tuxrun()
+        self.common_tuxrun(drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
