diff --git a/qemu/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h b/qemu/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
index 53782efe..377b7ec3 100644
--- a/qemu/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
+++ b/qemu/include/qapi/qmp/qerror.h
@@ -112,15 +112,6 @@
 #define QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED \
     "Guest agent command failed, error was '%s'"
 
-#define QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT \
-    "Expected '%s' in QMP input"
-
-#define QERR_QMP_BAD_INPUT_OBJECT_MEMBER \
-    "QMP input object member '%s' expects '%s'"
-
-#define QERR_QMP_EXTRA_MEMBER \
-    "QMP input object member '%s' is unexpected"
-
 #define QERR_SET_PASSWD_FAILED \
     "Could not set password"
 
diff --git a/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c b/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
index 8e455d50..bcc1582f 100644
--- a/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ static void qobject_input_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
             if (g_hash_table_size(top_ht)) {
                 const char *key;
                 g_hash_table_find(top_ht, always_true, (gpointer)&key);
-                error_setg(errp, QERR_QMP_EXTRA_MEMBER, key);
+                error_setg(errp, "QMP input object member '%s' is unexpected",
+                           key);
             }
         }
     }