diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 2fd5ee6..c09cb79 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -121,11 +121,7 @@ static int qcow_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         goto fail;
     }
     if (header.version != QCOW_VERSION) {
-        char version[64];
-        snprintf(version, sizeof(version), "QCOW version %" PRIu32,
-                 header.version);
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_UNKNOWN_BLOCK_FORMAT_FEATURE,
-                   bdrv_get_device_or_node_name(bs), "qcow", version);
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported qcow version %" PRIu32, header.version);
         ret = -ENOTSUP;
         goto fail;
     }
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 1ce6264..3fd664b 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -198,22 +198,8 @@ static void cleanup_unknown_header_ext(BlockDriverState *bs)
     }
 }
 
-static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(3, 4) report_unsupported(BlockDriverState *bs,
-    Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    char msg[64];
-    va_list ap;
-
-    va_start(ap, fmt);
-    vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), fmt, ap);
-    va_end(ap);
-
-    error_setg(errp, QERR_UNKNOWN_BLOCK_FORMAT_FEATURE,
-               bdrv_get_device_or_node_name(bs), "qcow2", msg);
-}
-
-static void report_unsupported_feature(BlockDriverState *bs,
-    Error **errp, Qcow2Feature *table, uint64_t mask)
+static void report_unsupported_feature(Error **errp, Qcow2Feature *table,
+                                       uint64_t mask)
 {
     char *features = g_strdup("");
     char *old;
@@ -238,7 +224,7 @@ static void report_unsupported_feature(BlockDriverState *bs,
         g_free(old);
     }
 
-    report_unsupported(bs, errp, "%s", features);
+    error_setg(errp, "Unsupported qcow2 feature(s): %s", features);
     g_free(features);
 }
 
@@ -855,7 +841,7 @@ static int qcow2_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         goto fail;
     }
     if (header.version < 2 || header.version > 3) {
-        report_unsupported(bs, errp, "QCOW version %" PRIu32, header.version);
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported qcow2 version %" PRIu32, header.version);
         ret = -ENOTSUP;
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -935,7 +921,7 @@ static int qcow2_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         void *feature_table = NULL;
         qcow2_read_extensions(bs, header.header_length, ext_end,
                               &feature_table, NULL);
-        report_unsupported_feature(bs, errp, feature_table,
+        report_unsupported_feature(errp, feature_table,
                                    s->incompatible_features &
                                    ~QCOW2_INCOMPAT_MASK);
         ret = -ENOTSUP;
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index 8de7dd0..76563ee 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -412,11 +412,8 @@ static int bdrv_qed_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     }
     if (s->header.features & ~QED_FEATURE_MASK) {
         /* image uses unsupported feature bits */
-        char buf[64];
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%" PRIx64,
-            s->header.features & ~QED_FEATURE_MASK);
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_UNKNOWN_BLOCK_FORMAT_FEATURE,
-                   bdrv_get_device_or_node_name(bs), "QED", buf);
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported QED features: %" PRIx64,
+                   s->header.features & ~QED_FEATURE_MASK);
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
     if (!qed_is_cluster_size_valid(s->header.cluster_size)) {
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 23bd57e..2f8e6cf 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -661,11 +661,8 @@ static int vmdk_open_vmdk4(BlockDriverState *bs,
     compressed =
         le16_to_cpu(header.compressAlgorithm) == VMDK4_COMPRESSION_DEFLATE;
     if (le32_to_cpu(header.version) > 3) {
-        char buf[64];
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "VMDK version %" PRId32,
-                 le32_to_cpu(header.version));
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_UNKNOWN_BLOCK_FORMAT_FEATURE,
-                   bdrv_get_device_or_node_name(bs), "vmdk", buf);
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported VMDK version %" PRIu32,
+                   le32_to_cpu(header.version));
         return -ENOTSUP;
     } else if (le32_to_cpu(header.version) == 3 && (flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) &&
                !compressed) {
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
index f601499..d08652a 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@
 #define QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR \
     "An undefined error has occurred"
 
-#define QERR_UNKNOWN_BLOCK_FORMAT_FEATURE \
-    "'%s' uses a %s feature which is not supported by this qemu version: %s"
-
 #define QERR_UNSUPPORTED \
     "this feature or command is not currently supported"
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out
index f443635..9b009b8 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ autoclear_features        0x0
 refcount_order            4
 header_length             104
 
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: Unknown incompatible feature: 8000000000000000
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: Test feature
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): Unknown incompatible feature: 8000000000000000
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): Test feature
 
 === Image with multiple incompatible feature bits ===
 
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: Unknown incompatible feature: e000000000000000
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: Test feature, Unknown incompatible feature: 6000000000000000
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: Test feature, Unknown incompatible feature: c000000000000000
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: test1, test2, Unknown incompatible feature: 8000000000000000
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: test1, test2, test3
-qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': 'image' uses a IMGFMT feature which is not supported by this qemu version: test2, Unknown incompatible feature: a000000000000000
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): Unknown incompatible feature: e000000000000000
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): Test feature, Unknown incompatible feature: 6000000000000000
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): Test feature, Unknown incompatible feature: c000000000000000
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): test1, test2, Unknown incompatible feature: 8000000000000000
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): test1, test2, test3
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Unsupported IMGFMT feature(s): test2, Unknown incompatible feature: a000000000000000
 === Create image with unknown autoclear feature bit ===
 
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
