diff --git a/qemu/Makefile b/qemu/Makefile
index 8e205951..cfae599e 100644
--- a/qemu/Makefile
+++ b/qemu/Makefile
@@ -99,10 +99,7 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
 include $(SRC_PATH)/Makefile.objs
 endif
 
-dummy := $(call unnest-vars,, \
-                util-obj-y \
-                common-obj-y \
-                common-obj-m)
+dummy := $(call unnest-vars,,util-obj-y common-obj-y)
 
 all: $(HELPERS-y) recurse-all modules
 
diff --git a/qemu/Makefile.target b/qemu/Makefile.target
index 843aa6c6..356ce1c1 100644
--- a/qemu/Makefile.target
+++ b/qemu/Makefile.target
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dummy := $(call unnest-vars,..,util-obj-y)
 
 target-obj-y-save := $(target-obj-y) $(util-obj-y)
 
-dummy := $(call unnest-vars,..,common-obj-y,common-obj-m)
+dummy := $(call unnest-vars,..,common-obj-y)
 
 target-obj-y := $(target-obj-y-save)
 all-obj-y += $(common-obj-y)