diff --git a/tests/avocado/replay_linux.py b/tests/avocado/replay_linux.py
index 59169224353..6ba283d3bf6 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/replay_linux.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/replay_linux.py
@@ -118,52 +118,6 @@ def run_replay_dump(self, replay_path):
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             self.fail('replay-dump.py failed')
 
-@skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_TIMEOUT_EXPECTED'), 'Test might timeout')
-class ReplayLinuxX8664(ReplayLinux):
-    """
-    :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
-    :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-    """
-
-    chksum = 'e3c1b309d9203604922d6e255c2c5d098a309c2d46215d8fc026954f3c5c27a0'
-
-    def test_pc_i440fx(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:pc
-        """
-        self.run_rr(shift=1)
-
-    def test_pc_q35(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:q35
-        """
-        self.run_rr(shift=3)
-
-@skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_TIMEOUT_EXPECTED'), 'Test might timeout')
-class ReplayLinuxX8664Virtio(ReplayLinux):
-    """
-    :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
-    :avocado: tags=virtio
-    :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-    """
-
-    hdd = 'virtio-blk-pci'
-    cd = 'virtio-blk-pci'
-    bus = None
-
-    chksum = 'e3c1b309d9203604922d6e255c2c5d098a309c2d46215d8fc026954f3c5c27a0'
-
-    def test_pc_i440fx(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:pc
-        """
-        self.run_rr(shift=1)
-
-    def test_pc_q35(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:q35
-        """
-        self.run_rr(shift=3)
 
 @skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_TIMEOUT_EXPECTED'), 'Test might timeout')
 class ReplayLinuxAarch64(ReplayLinux):
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_x86_64_replay.py b/tests/functional/test_x86_64_replay.py
index 180f23a60c5..27287d452dc 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_x86_64_replay.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_x86_64_replay.py
@@ -5,30 +5,53 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-from qemu_test import Asset, skipFlakyTest
+from subprocess import check_call, DEVNULL
+
+from qemu_test import Asset, skipFlakyTest, get_qemu_img
 from replay_kernel import ReplayKernelBase
 
 
 class X86Replay(ReplayKernelBase):
 
     ASSET_KERNEL = Asset(
-         ('https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux'
-          '/releases/29/Everything/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz'),
-        '8f237d84712b1b411baf3af2aeaaee10b9aae8e345ec265b87ab3a39639eb143')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/x86_64/bzImage',
+        'f57bfc6553bcd6e0a54aab86095bf642b33b5571d14e3af1731b18c87ed5aef8')
+
+    ASSET_ROOTFS = Asset(
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/x86_64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '4b8b2a99117519c5290e1202cb36eb6c7aaba92b357b5160f5970cf5fb78a751')
 
-    def do_test_x86(self, machine):
+    def do_test_x86(self, machine, blkdevice, devroot):
+        self.require_netdev('user')
         self.set_machine(machine)
+        self.cpu="Nehalem"
         kernel_path = self.ASSET_KERNEL.fetch()
-        kernel_command_line = self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + 'console=ttyS0'
-        console_pattern = 'VFS: Cannot open root device'
-        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=5)
+
+        raw_disk = self.uncompress(self.ASSET_ROOTFS)
+        disk = self.scratch_file('scratch.qcow2')
+        qemu_img = get_qemu_img(self)
+        check_call([qemu_img, 'create', '-f', 'qcow2', '-b', raw_disk,
+                    '-F', 'raw', disk], stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
+
+        args = ('-drive', 'file=%s,snapshot=on,id=hd0,if=none' % disk,
+                '-drive', 'driver=blkreplay,id=hd0-rr,if=none,image=hd0',
+                '-device', '%s,drive=hd0-rr' % blkdevice,
+                '-netdev', 'user,id=vnet,hostfwd=:127.0.0.1:0-:22',
+                '-device', 'virtio-net,netdev=vnet',
+                '-object', 'filter-replay,id=replay,netdev=vnet')
+
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               f"console=ttyS0 root=/dev/{devroot}")
+        console_pattern = 'Welcome to TuxTest'
+        self.run_rr(kernel_path, kernel_command_line, console_pattern, shift=5,
+                    args=args)
 
     @skipFlakyTest('https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2094')
     def test_pc(self):
-        self.do_test_x86('pc')
+        self.do_test_x86('pc', 'virtio-blk', 'vda')
 
     def test_q35(self):
-        self.do_test_x86('q35')
+        self.do_test_x86('q35', 'ide-hd', 'sda')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
