diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/virtual_cr.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/virtual_cr.c
index c3087f096..23a20a459 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/virtual_cr.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/virtual_cr.c
@@ -417,24 +417,6 @@ int32_t cr_access_vmexit_handler(struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu)
 		/* mov to cr4 */
 		vcpu_set_cr4(vcpu, reg);
 		break;
-	case 0x08UL:
-		/* mov to cr8 */
-		/* According to SDM 6.15 "Exception and interrupt Reference":
-		 *
-		 * set reserved bit in CR8 causes GP to guest
-		 */
-		if ((reg & ~0xFUL) != 0UL) {
-			pr_dbg("Invalid cr8 write operation from guest");
-			vcpu_inject_gp(vcpu, 0U);
-			break;
-		}
-		vlapic_set_cr8(vcpu_vlapic(vcpu), reg);
-		break;
-	case 0x18UL:
-		/* mov from cr8 */
-		reg = vlapic_get_cr8(vcpu_vlapic(vcpu));
-		vcpu_set_gpreg(vcpu, idx, reg);
-		break;
 	default:
 		ASSERT(false, "Unhandled CR access");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.c
index a8c1b41ab..d9575446b 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.c
@@ -1181,51 +1181,6 @@ vlapic_calc_dest_lapic_pt(struct acrn_vm *vm, uint64_t *dmask, uint32_t dest, bo
 	}
 }
 
-static void
-vlapic_set_tpr(struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic, uint32_t val)
-{
-	struct lapic_regs *lapic = &(vlapic->apic_page);
-
-	if (lapic->tpr.v != val) {
-		dev_dbg(ACRN_DBG_LAPIC,
-			"vlapic TPR changed from %#x to %#x", lapic->tpr, val);
-		lapic->tpr.v = val;
-		vlapic_update_ppr(vlapic);
-	}
-}
-
-static uint32_t
-vlapic_get_tpr(const struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic)
-{
-	const struct lapic_regs *lapic = &(vlapic->apic_page);
-
-	return lapic->tpr.v;
-}
-
-void
-vlapic_set_cr8(struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic, uint64_t val)
-{
-	uint32_t tpr;
-
-	if ((val & ~0xfUL) != 0U) {
-		struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu = vlapic->vcpu;
-		vcpu_inject_gp(vcpu, 0U);
-	} else {
-		/* It is safe to narrow val as the higher 60 bits are 0s. */
-		tpr = (uint32_t)val << 4U;
-		vlapic_set_tpr(vlapic, tpr);
-	}
-}
-
-uint64_t
-vlapic_get_cr8(const struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic)
-{
-	uint32_t tpr;
-
-	tpr = vlapic_get_tpr(vlapic);
-	return ((uint64_t)tpr >> 4UL);
-}
-
 static void
 vlapic_process_init_sipi(struct acrn_vcpu* target_vcpu, uint32_t mode,
 				uint32_t icr_low, uint16_t vcpu_id)
@@ -1523,9 +1478,6 @@ vlapic_read(struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic, uint32_t offset_arg, uint64_t *data)
 		case APIC_OFFSET_VER:
 			*data = lapic->version.v;
 			break;
-		case APIC_OFFSET_TPR:
-			*data = vlapic_get_tpr(vlapic);
-		break;
 		case APIC_OFFSET_APR:
 			*data = lapic->apr.v;
 			break;
@@ -1644,9 +1596,6 @@ vlapic_write(struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic, uint32_t offset, uint64_t data)
 		case APIC_OFFSET_ID:
 			/* Force APIC ID as read only */
 			break;
-		case APIC_OFFSET_TPR:
-			vlapic_set_tpr(vlapic, data32 & 0xffU);
-			break;
 		case APIC_OFFSET_EOI:
 			vlapic_process_eoi(vlapic);
 			break;
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.h b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.h
index 2d4d2d457..04ace61ac 100644
--- a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.h
+++ b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.h
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ struct acrn_vlapic {
 } __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
 
 
-/* APIC write handlers */
-void vlapic_set_cr8(struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic, uint64_t val);
-uint64_t vlapic_get_cr8(const struct acrn_vlapic *vlapic);
-
 /**
  * @brief virtual LAPIC
  *