diff --git a/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass b/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass
index 7493ac34d4b..1b888f46999 100644
--- a/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def qemu_run_binary(data, rootfs_path, binary):
 # this dance). For others (e.g. arm) a -cpu option is not necessary, since the
 # qemu-arm default CPU supports all required architecture levels.
 
-QEMU_OPTIONS = "-r ${OLDEST_KERNEL} ${@d.getVar("QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_%s" % d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCH')) or ""}"
-QEMU_OPTIONS[vardeps] += "QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_${PACKAGE_ARCH}"
+QEMU_OPTIONS = "-r ${OLDEST_KERNEL} ${@d.getVar("QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_%s" % d.getVar('TUNE_PKGARCH')) or ""}"
+QEMU_OPTIONS[vardeps] += "QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_${TUNE_PKGARCH}"
 
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppce500v2 = " -cpu e500v2"
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppce500mc = " -cpu e500mc"
@@ -65,7 +65,3 @@ QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppce6500 = " -cpu e500mc"
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppc64e6500 = " -cpu e500mc"
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppc7400 = " -cpu 7400"
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_powerpc64le = " -cpu POWER9"
-# Some packages e.g. fwupd sets PACKAGE_ARCH = MACHINE_ARCH and uses meson which
-# needs right options to usermode qemu
-QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_qemuppc = " -cpu 7400"
-QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_qemuppc64 = " -cpu POWER9"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc
index 64f60c730fe..eaac98f9ba0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ python check_prepare() {
         #   - valid for x86*, powerpc, arm, arm64
         if qemu_binary.lstrip("qemu-") in ["x86_64", "i386", "arm", "aarch64"]:
             args += ["-cpu", "max"]
-        elif qemu_binary.lstrip("qemu-") in ["ppc"]:
-            args += d.getVar("QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_%s" % d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCH')).split()
+        else:
+            extra = d.getVar("QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_%s" % d.getVar('TUNE_PKGARCH'))
+            if extra:
+                args += extra.split()
         sysroot = d.getVar("RECIPE_SYSROOT")
         args += ["-L", sysroot]
         # lib paths are static here instead of using $libdir since this is used by a -cross recipe