diff --git a/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh b/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh
index 09152e3e9c..be7e21872e 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh
+++ b/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ set -ex
 # variant should be either pv or pvh
 variant=$1
 
-# Install QEMU
-export DEBIAN_FRONTENT=noninteractive
-apt-get -qy update
-apt-get -qy install qemu-system-x86
-
 # Clone and build XTF
 git clone https://xenbits.xen.org/git-http/xtf.git
 cd xtf && make -j$(nproc) && cd -