diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index ae75bc62a9..50d999a719 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ VIR_ONCE_GLOBAL_INIT(qemuCaps)
 
 static virArch qemuCapsArchFromString(const char *arch)
 {
-    if (STREQ(arch, "ia64"))
-        return VIR_ARCH_ITANIUM;
     if (STREQ(arch, "i386"))
         return VIR_ARCH_I686;
     if (STREQ(arch, "arm"))
@@ -266,8 +264,6 @@ static const char *qemuCapsArchToString(virArch arch)
 {
     if (arch == VIR_ARCH_I686)
         return "i386";
-    else if (arch == VIR_ARCH_ITANIUM)
-        return "ia64";
     else if (arch == VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L)
         return "arm";
 
diff --git a/src/util/virarch.c b/src/util/virarch.c
index 5458b74314..1376887577 100644
--- a/src/util/virarch.c
+++ b/src/util/virarch.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static const struct virArchData {
     { "cris",         32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
     { "i686",         32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
 
-    { "itanium",      64, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
+    { "ia64",         64, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
     { "lm32",         32, VIR_ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN },
     { "m68k",         32, VIR_ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN },
     { "microblaze",   32, VIR_ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN },
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ virArch virArchFromHost(void)
         ut.machine[3] == '6' &&
         ut.machine[4] == '\0') {
         arch = VIR_ARCH_I686;
-    } else if (STREQ(ut.machine, "ia64")) {
-        arch = VIR_ARCH_ITANIUM;
     } else if (STREQ(ut.machine, "amd64")) {
         arch = VIR_ARCH_X86_64;
     } else {