diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
index a568a069c..90db970d2 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
@@ -591,21 +591,6 @@ void pause_vm(struct acrn_vm *vm)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- *  * @pre vm != NULL
- */
-void resume_vm(struct acrn_vm *vm)
-{
-	uint16_t i;
-	struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu = NULL;
-
-	foreach_vcpu(i, vm, vcpu) {
-		resume_vcpu(vcpu);
-	}
-
-	vm->state = VM_STARTED;
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief Resume vm from S3 state
  *
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vm.h b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vm.h
index 95b11e20f..73f9b189d 100644
--- a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vm.h
+++ b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vm.h
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ static inline struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu_from_pid(struct acrn_vm *vm, uint16_t pcpu_
 
 int32_t shutdown_vm(struct acrn_vm *vm);
 void pause_vm(struct acrn_vm *vm);
-void resume_vm(struct acrn_vm *vm);
 void resume_vm_from_s3(struct acrn_vm *vm, uint32_t wakeup_vec);
 void start_vm(struct acrn_vm *vm);
 int32_t reset_vm(struct acrn_vm *vm);