diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 39d7c14d98..71f446311b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1895,7 +1895,6 @@ F: qapi/machine-target.json
 F: include/hw/boards.h
 F: include/hw/core/cpu.h
 F: include/hw/cpu/cluster.h
-F: include/qapi/commands-target-compat.h
 F: include/sysemu/numa.h
 F: tests/unit/test-smp-parse.c
 T: git https://gitlab.com/ehabkost/qemu.git machine-next
diff --git a/qapi/machine-target.json b/qapi/machine-target.json
index 7480921d33..2065972d8a 100644
--- a/qapi/machine-target.json
+++ b/qapi/machine-target.json
@@ -212,24 +212,6 @@
                    'TARGET_LOONGARCH64',
                    'TARGET_RISCV' ] } }
 
-##
-# @query-cpu-definitions:
-#
-# Return a list of supported virtual CPU definitions
-#
-# Returns: a list of CpuDefinitionInfo
-#
-# Since: 1.2
-##
-{ 'command': 'query-cpu-definitions', 'returns': ['CpuDefinitionInfo'],
-  'if': { 'any': [ 'TARGET_PPC',
-                   'TARGET_ARM',
-                   'TARGET_I386',
-                   'TARGET_S390X',
-                   'TARGET_MIPS',
-                   'TARGET_LOONGARCH64',
-                   'TARGET_RISCV' ] } }
-
 ##
 # @CpuS390Polarization:
 #
diff --git a/qapi/machine.json b/qapi/machine.json
index 9c44b8fa82..987c64f8e7 100644
--- a/qapi/machine.json
+++ b/qapi/machine.json
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@
             'deprecated' : 'bool' }
 }
 
+##
+# @query-cpu-definitions:
+#
+# Return a list of supported virtual CPU definitions
+#
+# Returns: a list of CpuDefinitionInfo
+#
+# Since: 1.2
+##
+{ 'command': 'query-cpu-definitions', 'returns': ['CpuDefinitionInfo'] }
+
 ##
 # @CpuModelInfo:
 #
diff --git a/include/qapi/commands-target-compat.h b/include/qapi/commands-target-compat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 86d45d8fcc..0000000000
--- a/include/qapi/commands-target-compat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * QAPI helpers for target specific QMP commands
- *
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Linaro Ltd.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
- */
-#ifndef QAPI_COMPAT_TARGET_H
-#define QAPI_COMPAT_TARGET_H
-
-#include "qapi/qapi-types-machine.h"
-
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *generic_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/system/cpu-qmp-cmds.c b/system/cpu-qmp-cmds.c
index daeb131159..049e8b9d35 100644
--- a/system/cpu-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/system/cpu-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
-#include "qapi/commands-target-compat.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine.h"
 #include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
 #include "hw/core/cpu.h"
 #include "hw/core/sysemu-cpu-ops.h"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static void arch_add_cpu_definitions(CpuDefinitionInfoList **cpu_list,
     }
 }
 
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *generic_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
+CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
 {
     CpuDefinitionInfoList *cpu_list = NULL;
 
diff --git a/target/arm/arm-qmp-cmds.c b/target/arm/arm-qmp-cmds.c
index c5091e64ec..ac8d890bc0 100644
--- a/target/arm/arm-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/target/arm/arm-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc-target.h"
-#include "qapi/commands-target-compat.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qom/qom-qobject.h"
 
@@ -220,8 +219,3 @@ CpuModelExpansionInfo *qmp_query_cpu_model_expansion(CpuModelExpansionType type,
 
     return expansion_info;
 }
-
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
-{
-    return generic_query_cpu_definitions(errp);
-}
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index e5dbd307d8..f26adefd37 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
-#include "qapi/commands-target-compat.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/i386/sgx-epc.h"
@@ -5666,11 +5665,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_definition_entry(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
     QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(*cpu_list, info);
 }
 
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
-{
-    return generic_query_cpu_definitions(errp);
-}
-
 #endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 
 uint64_t x86_cpu_get_supported_feature_word(FeatureWord w,
diff --git a/target/loongarch/loongarch-qmp-cmds.c b/target/loongarch/loongarch-qmp-cmds.c
index ef5aedc1cd..aaed7bbf93 100644
--- a/target/loongarch/loongarch-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/target/loongarch/loongarch-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -9,17 +9,11 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
-#include "qapi/commands-target-compat.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
 #include "qom/qom-qobject.h"
 
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
-{
-    return generic_query_cpu_definitions(errp);
-}
-
 static const char *cpu_model_advertised_features[] = {
     "lsx", "lasx", NULL
 };
diff --git a/target/mips/sysemu/mips-qmp-cmds.c b/target/mips/sysemu/mips-qmp-cmds.c
index 329db3a028..c3c775acc6 100644
--- a/target/mips/sysemu/mips-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/target/mips/sysemu/mips-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -5,12 +5,3 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  */
-
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
-#include "qapi/commands-target-compat.h"
-
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
-{
-    return generic_query_cpu_definitions(errp);
-}
diff --git a/target/ppc/ppc-qmp-cmds.c b/target/ppc/ppc-qmp-cmds.c
index 267dd84718..f85c4560f9 100644
--- a/target/ppc/ppc-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/target/ppc/ppc-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include "qemu/ctype.h"
 #include "monitor/hmp-target.h"
 #include "monitor/hmp.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
-#include "qapi/commands-target-compat.h"
 #include "cpu-models.h"
 #include "cpu-qom.h"
 
@@ -195,8 +193,3 @@ void ppc_add_alias_definitions(CpuDefinitionInfoList **cpu_list)
         QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(*cpu_list, info);
     }
 }
-
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
-{
-    return generic_query_cpu_definitions(errp);
-}
diff --git a/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c b/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
index 45adc90d3b..170d720b24 100644
--- a/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
-#include "qapi/commands-target-compat.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
@@ -54,11 +53,6 @@ void riscv_cpu_add_definition(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
     QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(*cpu_list, info);
 }
 
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
-{
-    return generic_query_cpu_definitions(errp);
-}
-
 static void riscv_check_if_cpu_available(RISCVCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
 {
     if (!riscv_cpu_accelerator_compatible(cpu)) {
