diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.h b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
index 57cd125769..b2105b616a 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
@@ -134,11 +134,8 @@ void s390_ipl_clear_reset_request(void);
 /*
  * The QEMU IPL Parameters will be stored at absolute address
  * 204 (0xcc) which means it is 32-bit word aligned but not
- * double-word aligned.
- * Placement of data fields in this area must account for
- * their alignment needs. E.g., netboot_start_address must
- * have an offset of 4 + n * 8 bytes within the struct in order
- * to keep it double-word aligned.
+ * double-word aligned. Placement of 64-bit data fields in this
+ * area must account for their alignment needs.
  * The total size of the struct must never exceed 28 bytes.
  * This definition must be kept in sync with the definition
  * in pc-bios/s390-ccw/iplb.h.
@@ -146,9 +143,9 @@ void s390_ipl_clear_reset_request(void);
 struct QemuIplParameters {
     uint8_t  qipl_flags;
     uint8_t  reserved1[3];
-    uint64_t netboot_start_addr;
+    uint64_t reserved2;
     uint32_t boot_menu_timeout;
-    uint8_t  reserved2[12];
+    uint8_t  reserved3[12];
 } QEMU_PACKED;
 typedef struct QemuIplParameters QemuIplParameters;
 
@@ -178,7 +175,6 @@ struct S390IPLState {
     char *initrd;
     char *cmdline;
     char *firmware;
-    char *netboot_fw;
     uint8_t cssid;
     uint8_t ssid;
     uint16_t devno;
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
index 5f60977ceb..8c490eeb52 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ static Property s390_ipl_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("initrd", S390IPLState, initrd),
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("cmdline", S390IPLState, cmdline),
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("firmware", S390IPLState, firmware),
-    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("netboot_fw", S390IPLState, netboot_fw),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("enforce_bios", S390IPLState, enforce_bios, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("iplbext_migration", S390IPLState, iplbext_migration,
                      true),
@@ -480,56 +479,6 @@ int s390_ipl_set_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm)
     return -1;
 }
 
-static int load_netboot_image(Error **errp)
-{
-    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
-    S390IPLState *ipl = get_ipl_device();
-    char *netboot_filename;
-    MemoryRegion *sysmem =  get_system_memory();
-    MemoryRegion *mr = NULL;
-    void *ram_ptr = NULL;
-    int img_size = -1;
-
-    mr = memory_region_find(sysmem, 0, 1).mr;
-    if (!mr) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed to find memory region at address 0");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    ram_ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(mr);
-    if (!ram_ptr) {
-        error_setg(errp, "No RAM found");
-        goto unref_mr;
-    }
-
-    netboot_filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, ipl->netboot_fw);
-    if (netboot_filename == NULL) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Could not find network bootloader '%s'",
-                   ipl->netboot_fw);
-        goto unref_mr;
-    }
-
-    img_size = load_elf_ram(netboot_filename, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-                            &ipl->start_addr,
-                            NULL, NULL, NULL, 1, EM_S390, 0, 0, NULL,
-                            false);
-
-    if (img_size < 0) {
-        img_size = load_image_size(netboot_filename, ram_ptr, ms->ram_size);
-        ipl->start_addr = KERN_IMAGE_START;
-    }
-
-    if (img_size < 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed to load network bootloader");
-    }
-
-    g_free(netboot_filename);
-
-unref_mr:
-    memory_region_unref(mr);
-    return img_size;
-}
-
 static bool is_virtio_ccw_device_of_type(IplParameterBlock *iplb,
                                          int virtio_id)
 {
@@ -754,10 +703,6 @@ void s390_ipl_prepare_cpu(S390CPU *cpu)
             ipl->iplb_valid = s390_gen_initial_iplb(ipl);
         }
     }
-    if (ipl->netboot) {
-        load_netboot_image(&error_fatal);
-        ipl->qipl.netboot_start_addr = cpu_to_be64(ipl->start_addr);
-    }
     s390_ipl_set_boot_menu(ipl);
     s390_ipl_prepare_qipl(cpu);
 }
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index 5aa8d207a3..529e53f308 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -197,11 +197,10 @@ static void s390_memory_init(MemoryRegion *ram)
 static void s390_init_ipl_dev(const char *kernel_filename,
                               const char *kernel_cmdline,
                               const char *initrd_filename, const char *firmware,
-                              const char *netboot_fw, bool enforce_bios)
+                              bool enforce_bios)
 {
     Object *new = object_new(TYPE_S390_IPL);
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(new);
-    char *netboot_fw_prop;
 
     if (kernel_filename) {
         qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "kernel", kernel_filename);
@@ -212,11 +211,6 @@ static void s390_init_ipl_dev(const char *kernel_filename,
     qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "cmdline", kernel_cmdline);
     qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "firmware", firmware);
     qdev_prop_set_bit(dev, "enforce_bios", enforce_bios);
-    netboot_fw_prop = object_property_get_str(new, "netboot_fw", &error_abort);
-    if (!strlen(netboot_fw_prop)) {
-        qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "netboot_fw", netboot_fw);
-    }
-    g_free(netboot_fw_prop);
     object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), TYPE_S390_IPL,
                               new);
     object_unref(new);
@@ -284,7 +278,7 @@ static void ccw_init(MachineState *machine)
     s390_init_ipl_dev(machine->kernel_filename, machine->kernel_cmdline,
                       machine->initrd_filename,
                       machine->firmware ?: "s390-ccw.img",
-                      "s390-netboot.img", true);
+                      true);
 
     dev = qdev_new(TYPE_S390_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE);
     object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), TYPE_S390_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
diff --git a/pc-bios/meson.build b/pc-bios/meson.build
index 090379763e..4823dff189 100644
--- a/pc-bios/meson.build
+++ b/pc-bios/meson.build
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ blobs = [
   'kvmvapic.bin',
   'pvh.bin',
   's390-ccw.img',
-  's390-netboot.img',
   'slof.bin',
   'skiboot.lid',
   'palcode-clipper',
