diff --git a/emulators/c64-emu.yml b/emulators/c64-emu.yml
index 91c6a7db3..f1781a51b 100644
--- a/emulators/c64-emu.yml
+++ b/emulators/c64-emu.yml
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ files:
     size: 8192
     sha1: "4ff0f11e80f4b57430d8f0c3799ed0f0e0f4565d"
     validation: [size, sha1]
-    region: [japan]
     description: "Japanese C64 kernal"
     source_ref: "source C64.emu/src/vice/c64/c64rom.h:49, 90, source C64.emu/src/vice/c64/c64model.c:148-151, source C64.emu/src/vice/c64/c64-resources.c:246"
 
@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ files:
     required: false
     size: 4096
     validation: [size]
-    region: [japan]
     description: "Japanese C64 character generator"
     source_ref: "source C64.emu/src/vice/c64/c64rom.h:61, source C64.emu/src/vice/c64/c64model.c:148-151, 323"
 
@@ -279,7 +277,6 @@ files:
     required: false
     size: 4096
     validation: [size]
-    region: [japan]
     description: "Japanese character generator, Japanese SuperCPU model"
     source_ref: "source C64.emu/src/vice/scpu64/scpu64model.c:303, source C64.emu/src/vice/c64/c64rom.h:61"
 
@@ -580,7 +577,6 @@ files:
     required: false
     size: 8192
     validation: [size]
-    region: [japan]
     description: "VIC-1001 kernal"
     source_ref: "source C64.emu/src/vice/vic20/vic20rom.h:51, source C64.emu/src/vice/vic20/vic20model.c:60, 140"
 
@@ -608,7 +604,6 @@ files:
     required: false
     size: 4096
     validation: [size]
-    region: [japan]
     description: "VIC-1001 character generator"
     source_ref: "source C64.emu/src/vice/vic20/vic20rom.h:57, source C64.emu/src/vice/vic20/vic20model.c:60, 139"
 
diff --git a/emulators/vice_xvic.yml b/emulators/vice_xvic.yml
index c1c80c99b..3a7e74996 100644
--- a/emulators/vice_xvic.yml
+++ b/emulators/vice_xvic.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ notes: >
 files:
   - name: "kernal.901486-02.bin"
     description: "VIC-1001 Kernal Rev 2 (Japanese NTSC)"
-    region: [japan]
     required: false
     size: 8192
     validation: [size]
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ files:
 
   - name: "chargen-901460-02.bin"
     description: "VIC-1001 Character ROM (Japanese)"
-    region: [japan]
     required: false
     size: 4096
     validation: [size]
diff --git a/emulators/x64sdl.yml b/emulators/x64sdl.yml
index d9222de86..e09b38ab8 100644
--- a/emulators/x64sdl.yml
+++ b/emulators/x64sdl.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ files:
 
   - name: "jpkernal"
     description: "Japanese C64 Kernal ROM"
-    region: [japan]
     required: false
     size: 8192
     path: "data/C64/jpkernal"
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ files:
 
   - name: "jpchrgen"
     description: "Japanese C64 character generator ROM"
-    region: [japan]
     required: false
     size: 4096
     path: "data/C64/jpchrgen"
diff --git a/emulators/xroar.yml b/emulators/xroar.yml
index 4729f716a..0d1198c74 100644
--- a/emulators/xroar.yml
+++ b/emulators/xroar.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ files:
   - name: "d200e_1.rom"
     system: dragon64
     description: "Dragon 200-E BASIC IC18 (Spanish)"
-    region: [spain]
     required: true
     size: 16384
     crc32: "95af0a0a"
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ files:
   - name: "d200e_2.rom"
     system: dragon64
     description: "Dragon 200-E BASIC IC17 (Spanish)"
-    region: [spain]
     required: false
     size: 16384
     crc32: "48b985df"
@@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ files:
   - name: "d200e_26.rom"
     system: dragon64
     description: "Dragon 200-E external character generator ROM"
-    region: [spain]
     required: false
     size: 4096
     crc32: "565724bc"
@@ -258,7 +255,6 @@ files:
   - name: "alice.rom"
     system: mc10
     description: "Matra & Hachette Alice Microcolour BASIC"
-    region: [france]
     required: true
     size: 8192
     crc32: "f876abe9"
diff --git a/tests/test_region.py b/tests/test_region.py
index 8cc861c9b..1699c0894 100644
--- a/tests/test_region.py
+++ b/tests/test_region.py
@@ -1384,5 +1384,32 @@ class YmirLibretroRegions(unittest.TestCase):
                              if e["name"] == "sega_101.bin"))
 
 
+class MachineModelRomsCarryNoTerritory(unittest.TestCase):
+    """XRoar reads d200e_1.rom for the dragon200e machine and alice.rom for
+    the alice machine (src/xroar.c:437-444, 552-558), and VICE the Japanese
+    kernal and chargen for the C64 JAP and VIC-1001 models, which a file name
+    tagged (Japan) never selects (libretro-core.c:2018-2034 sets NTSC). The
+    site told a Spanish Dragon 64 owner to start with d200e_1.rom."""
+
+    CASES = {
+        "xroar": ("d200e_1.rom", "d200e_2.rom", "d200e_26.rom", "alice.rom"),
+        "x64sdl": ("jpkernal", "jpchrgen"),
+        "vice_xvic": ("kernal.901486-02.bin", "chargen-901460-02.bin"),
+    }
+
+    def test_model_roms_are_unregioned(self):
+        profiles = common.load_emulator_profiles(
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "emulators")
+        )
+        for profile, names in self.CASES.items():
+            for entry in profiles[profile]["files"]:
+                if entry["name"] in names:
+                    with self.subTest(profile=profile, name=entry["name"]):
+                        self.assertNotIn("region", entry)
+        self.assertFalse(
+            [e["name"] for e in profiles["c64-emu"]["files"] if e.get("region")]
+        )
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()