diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 5686159223..47836f3b5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -103,32 +103,6 @@ jobs:
           name: kata-artifacts
           path: kata-static-qemu.tar.gz
 
-  build-nemu:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
-    needs: get-artifact-list
-    env:
-      buildstr: "install_nemu"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - name: get-artifact-list
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
-        with:
-          name: artifact-list
-      - name: build-nemu
-        run: |
-         if grep -q $buildstr ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
-           $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/workflows/generate-artifact-tarball.sh $buildstr
-           echo "artifact-built=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-         else
-           echo "artifact-built=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-         fi
-      - name: store-artifacts
-        if: ${{ env.artifact-built }} == 'true'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
-        with:
-          name: kata-artifacts
-          path: kata-static-nemu.tar.gz
-
   # Job for building the image
   build-image:
     runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
@@ -239,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
 
   gather-artifacts:
     runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
-    needs: [build-experimental-kernel, build-kernel, build-qemu, build-image, build-firecracker, build-kata-components, build-nemu, build-clh]
+    needs: [build-experimental-kernel, build-kernel, build-qemu, build-image, build-firecracker, build-kata-components, build-clh]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       - name: get-artifacts
diff --git a/src/runtime/.gitignore b/src/runtime/.gitignore
index 3e916bbdf3..52b9e4e51c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/.gitignore
+++ b/src/runtime/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ coverage.html
 /cli/config/configuration-acrn.toml
 /cli/config/configuration-clh.toml
 /cli/config/configuration-fc.toml
-/cli/config/configuration-nemu.toml
 /cli/config/configuration-qemu.toml
 /cli/config/configuration-clh.toml
 /cli/config-generated.go
diff --git a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
index 195d25b3dc..2d3438459e 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
@@ -273,9 +273,7 @@ generate_qemu_options() {
 
 	# Disable TCG support
 	case "$arch" in
-	aarch64)
-		echo $hypervisor | grep -q nemu && qemu_options+=(size:--disable-tcg)
-		;;
+	aarch64) ;;
 	x86_64) qemu_options+=(size:--disable-tcg) ;;
 	ppc64le) ;;
 	s390x) qemu_options+=(size:--disable-tcg) ;;