diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 776da3ef49..aaaca5aeb3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -217,9 +217,6 @@ DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_TDX_VIRTIOFS := virtio-9p
 DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_SEV_VIRTIOFS := virtio-9p
 DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_SNP_VIRTIOFS := virtio-9p
 DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON := $(LIBEXECDIR)/virtiofsd
-ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc64le)
-DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON := $(LIBEXECDIR)/qemu/virtiofsd
-endif
 DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS := [\"$(DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON)\"]
 # Default DAX mapping cache size in MiB
 #if value is 0, DAX is not enabled
diff --git a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
index 751b2866f9..8bdfc94de1 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ generate_qemu_options() {
 		qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)
 		;;
 	ppc64le)
-		qemu_options+=(functionality:--enable-virtiofsd)
+		qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)
 		;;
 	s390x)
 		qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)