diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go
index f41cd22bd4..1bcd47218c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ func validateHypervisorConfig(conf *HypervisorConfig) error {
 		conf.DefaultMaxVCPUs = defaultMaxVCPUs
 	}
 
-	if conf.ConfidentialGuest && conf.NumVCPUs() != conf.DefaultMaxVCPUs {
-		hvLogger.Warnf("Confidential guests do not support hotplugging of vCPUs. Setting DefaultMaxVCPUs to NumVCPUs (%d)", conf.NumVCPUs())
-		conf.DefaultMaxVCPUs = conf.NumVCPUs()
-	}
-
 	if conf.Msize9p == 0 && conf.SharedFS != config.VirtioFS {
 		conf.Msize9p = defaultMsize9p
 	}