diff --git a/src/drivers/emulation/qemu/qemu_debugcon.c b/src/drivers/emulation/qemu/qemu_debugcon.c
index 3807524c5c..b040bd8388 100644
--- a/src/drivers/emulation/qemu/qemu_debugcon.c
+++ b/src/drivers/emulation/qemu/qemu_debugcon.c
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <console/qemu_debugcon.h>
 #include <arch/io.h>
-#include <arch/early_variables.h>
 
-static int qemu_debugcon_detected CAR_GLOBAL;
+static int qemu_debugcon_detected;
 
 void qemu_debugcon_init(void)
 {
 	int detected = (inb(CONFIG_CONSOLE_QEMU_DEBUGCON_PORT) == 0xe9);
-	car_set_var(qemu_debugcon_detected, detected);
+	qemu_debugcon_detected = detected;
 	printk(BIOS_INFO, "QEMU debugcon %s [port 0x%x]\n",
 	       detected ? "detected" : "not found",
 	       CONFIG_CONSOLE_QEMU_DEBUGCON_PORT);
@@ -32,6 +31,6 @@ void qemu_debugcon_init(void)
 
 void qemu_debugcon_tx_byte(unsigned char data)
 {
-	if (car_get_var(qemu_debugcon_detected) != 0)
+	if (qemu_debugcon_detected != 0)
 		outb(data, CONFIG_CONSOLE_QEMU_DEBUGCON_PORT);
 }