diff --git a/hw/i386/microvm.c b/hw/i386/microvm.c
index 29f30dd6d3..170a331e3f 100644
--- a/hw/i386/microvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/microvm.c
@@ -378,8 +378,7 @@ static void microvm_fix_kernel_cmdline(MachineState *machine)
     MicrovmMachineState *mms = MICROVM_MACHINE(machine);
     BusState *bus;
     BusChild *kid;
-    char *cmdline, *existing_cmdline;
-    size_t len;
+    char *cmdline;
 
     /*
      * Find MMIO transports with attached devices, and add them to the kernel
@@ -388,8 +387,7 @@ static void microvm_fix_kernel_cmdline(MachineState *machine)
      * Yes, this is a hack, but one that heavily improves the UX without
      * introducing any significant issues.
      */
-    existing_cmdline = fw_cfg_read_bytes_ptr(x86ms->fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA);
-    cmdline = g_strdup(existing_cmdline);
+    cmdline = g_strdup(machine->kernel_cmdline);
     bus = sysbus_get_default();
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(kid, &bus->children, sibling) {
         DeviceState *dev = kid->child;
@@ -413,12 +411,9 @@ static void microvm_fix_kernel_cmdline(MachineState *machine)
         }
     }
 
-    len = strlen(cmdline);
-    if (len > VIRTIO_CMDLINE_TOTAL_MAX_LEN + strlen(existing_cmdline)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: virtio mmio cmdline too large, skipping\n");
-    } else {
-        memcpy(existing_cmdline, cmdline, len + 1);
-    }
+    fw_cfg_modify_i32(x86ms->fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_SIZE, strlen(cmdline) + 1);
+    fw_cfg_modify_string(x86ms->fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA, cmdline);
+
     g_free(cmdline);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
index eaff4227bd..6cfdca9acd 100644
--- a/hw/i386/x86.c
+++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include "hw/intc/i8259.h"
 #include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
 #include "target/i386/sev.h"
-#include "hw/i386/microvm.h"
 
 #include "hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
@@ -770,30 +769,6 @@ static bool load_elfboot(const char *kernel_filename,
     return true;
 }
 
-typedef struct SetupDataFixup {
-    void *pos;
-    hwaddr orig_val, new_val;
-    uint32_t addr;
-} SetupDataFixup;
-
-static void fixup_setup_data(void *opaque)
-{
-    SetupDataFixup *fixup = opaque;
-    stq_p(fixup->pos, fixup->new_val);
-}
-
-static void reset_setup_data(void *opaque)
-{
-    SetupDataFixup *fixup = opaque;
-    stq_p(fixup->pos, fixup->orig_val);
-}
-
-static void reset_rng_seed(void *opaque)
-{
-    SetupData *setup_data = opaque;
-    qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(setup_data->data, le32_to_cpu(setup_data->len));
-}
-
 void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
                     FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
                     int acpi_data_size,
@@ -803,29 +778,20 @@ void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
     bool linuxboot_dma_enabled = X86_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(x86ms)->fwcfg_dma_enabled;
     uint16_t protocol;
     int setup_size, kernel_size, cmdline_size;
-    int dtb_size, setup_data_offset;
     uint32_t initrd_max;
     uint8_t header[8192], *setup, *kernel;
-    hwaddr real_addr, prot_addr, cmdline_addr, initrd_addr = 0, first_setup_data = 0;
+    hwaddr real_addr, prot_addr, cmdline_addr, initrd_addr = 0;
     FILE *f;
     char *vmode;
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(x86ms);
-    SetupData *setup_data;
     const char *kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
     const char *initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
-    const char *dtb_filename = machine->dtb;
-    char *kernel_cmdline;
+    const char *kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
     SevKernelLoaderContext sev_load_ctx = {};
     enum { RNG_SEED_LENGTH = 32 };
 
-    /*
-     * Add the NUL terminator, some padding for the microvm cmdline fiddling
-     * hack, and then align to 16 bytes as a paranoia measure
-     */
-    cmdline_size = (strlen(machine->kernel_cmdline) + 1 +
-                    VIRTIO_CMDLINE_TOTAL_MAX_LEN + 16) & ~15;
-    /* Make a copy, since we might append arbitrary bytes to it later. */
-    kernel_cmdline = g_strndup(machine->kernel_cmdline, cmdline_size);
+    /* Align to 16 bytes as a paranoia measure */
+    cmdline_size = (strlen(kernel_cmdline) + 16) & ~15;
 
     /* load the kernel header */
     f = fopen(kernel_filename, "rb");
@@ -966,6 +932,12 @@ void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
         initrd_max = x86ms->below_4g_mem_size - acpi_data_size - 1;
     }
 
+    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_ADDR, cmdline_addr);
+    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_SIZE, strlen(kernel_cmdline) + 1);
+    fw_cfg_add_string(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA, kernel_cmdline);
+    sev_load_ctx.cmdline_data = (char *)kernel_cmdline;
+    sev_load_ctx.cmdline_size = strlen(kernel_cmdline) + 1;
+
     if (protocol >= 0x202) {
         stl_p(header + 0x228, cmdline_addr);
     } else {
@@ -1078,81 +1050,13 @@ void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
     }
     fclose(f);
 
-    /* append dtb to kernel */
-    if (dtb_filename) {
-        if (protocol < 0x209) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "qemu: Linux kernel too old to load a dtb\n");
-            exit(1);
-        }
-
-        dtb_size = get_image_size(dtb_filename);
-        if (dtb_size <= 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "qemu: error reading dtb %s: %s\n",
-                    dtb_filename, strerror(errno));
-            exit(1);
-        }
-
-        setup_data_offset = cmdline_size;
-        cmdline_size += sizeof(SetupData) + dtb_size;
-        kernel_cmdline = g_realloc(kernel_cmdline, cmdline_size);
-        setup_data = (void *)kernel_cmdline + setup_data_offset;
-        setup_data->next = cpu_to_le64(first_setup_data);
-        first_setup_data = cmdline_addr + setup_data_offset;
-        setup_data->type = cpu_to_le32(SETUP_DTB);
-        setup_data->len = cpu_to_le32(dtb_size);
-        load_image_size(dtb_filename, setup_data->data, dtb_size);
-    }
-
-    if (!legacy_no_rng_seed && protocol >= 0x209) {
-        setup_data_offset = cmdline_size;
-        cmdline_size += sizeof(SetupData) + RNG_SEED_LENGTH;
-        kernel_cmdline = g_realloc(kernel_cmdline, cmdline_size);
-        setup_data = (void *)kernel_cmdline + setup_data_offset;
-        setup_data->next = cpu_to_le64(first_setup_data);
-        first_setup_data = cmdline_addr + setup_data_offset;
-        setup_data->type = cpu_to_le32(SETUP_RNG_SEED);
-        setup_data->len = cpu_to_le32(RNG_SEED_LENGTH);
-        qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(setup_data->data, RNG_SEED_LENGTH);
-        qemu_register_reset_nosnapshotload(reset_rng_seed, setup_data);
-        fw_cfg_add_bytes_callback(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_DATA, reset_rng_seed, NULL,
-                                  setup_data, kernel, kernel_size, true);
-    } else {
-        fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_DATA, kernel, kernel_size);
-    }
-
-    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_ADDR, cmdline_addr);
-    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_SIZE, cmdline_size);
-    fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA, kernel_cmdline, cmdline_size);
-    sev_load_ctx.cmdline_data = (char *)kernel_cmdline;
-    sev_load_ctx.cmdline_size = cmdline_size;
-
+    fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_DATA, kernel, kernel_size);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_ADDR, prot_addr);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_SIZE, kernel_size);
     sev_load_ctx.kernel_data = (char *)kernel;
     sev_load_ctx.kernel_size = kernel_size;
 
-    /*
-     * If we're starting an encrypted VM, it will be OVMF based, which uses the
-     * efi stub for booting and doesn't require any values to be placed in the
-     * kernel header.  We therefore don't update the header so the hash of the
-     * kernel on the other side of the fw_cfg interface matches the hash of the
-     * file the user passed in.
-     */
-    if (!sev_enabled() && first_setup_data) {
-        SetupDataFixup *fixup = g_malloc(sizeof(*fixup));
-
-        memcpy(setup, header, MIN(sizeof(header), setup_size));
-        /* Offset 0x250 is a pointer to the first setup_data link. */
-        fixup->pos = setup + 0x250;
-        fixup->orig_val = ldq_p(fixup->pos);
-        fixup->new_val = first_setup_data;
-        fixup->addr = cpu_to_le32(real_addr);
-        fw_cfg_add_bytes_callback(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SETUP_ADDR, fixup_setup_data, NULL,
-                                  fixup, &fixup->addr, sizeof(fixup->addr), true);
-        qemu_register_reset(reset_setup_data, fixup);
-    } else {
-        fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SETUP_ADDR, real_addr);
-    }
+    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SETUP_ADDR, real_addr);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SETUP_SIZE, setup_size);
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SETUP_DATA, setup, setup_size);
     sev_load_ctx.setup_data = (char *)setup;
