diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go
index 246889472d..321bc507b6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 
-	hv "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/hypervisors"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katatestutils"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katautils"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/oci"
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ func makeRuntimeConfig(prefixDir string) (configFile string, config oci.RuntimeC
 	blockStorageDriver := "virtio-scsi"
 	enableIOThreads := true
 	hotplugVFIOOnRootBus := true
-	coldPlugVFIO := hv.RootPort
 	pcieRootPort := uint32(2)
 	disableNewNetNs := false
 	sharedFS := "virtio-9p"
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ func makeRuntimeConfig(prefixDir string) (configFile string, config oci.RuntimeC
 		BlockDeviceDriver:    blockStorageDriver,
 		EnableIOThreads:      enableIOThreads,
 		HotplugVFIOOnRootBus: hotplugVFIOOnRootBus,
-		ColdPlugVFIO:         coldPlugVFIO,
 		PCIeRootPort:         pcieRootPort,
 		DisableNewNetNs:      disableNewNetNs,
 		DefaultVCPUCount:     hypConfig.NumVCPUs,
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
index f419e0d610..06b217a9a0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ func newQemuHypervisorConfig(h hypervisor) (vc.HypervisorConfig, error) {
 		Msize9p:                 h.msize9p(),
 		DisableImageNvdimm:      h.DisableImageNvdimm,
 		HotplugVFIOOnRootBus:    h.HotplugVFIOOnRootBus,
+		ColdPlugVFIO:            h.ColdPlugVFIO,
 		PCIeRootPort:            h.PCIeRootPort,
 		DisableVhostNet:         h.DisableVhostNet,
 		EnableVhostUserStore:    h.EnableVhostUserStore,
@@ -1050,6 +1051,7 @@ func newClhHypervisorConfig(h hypervisor) (vc.HypervisorConfig, error) {
 		EnableIOThreads:                h.EnableIOThreads,
 		Msize9p:                        h.msize9p(),
 		HotplugVFIOOnRootBus:           h.HotplugVFIOOnRootBus,
+		ColdPlugVFIO:                   h.ColdPlugVFIO,
 		PCIeRootPort:                   h.PCIeRootPort,
 		DisableVhostNet:                true,
 		GuestHookPath:                  h.guestHookPath(),
@@ -1280,6 +1282,7 @@ func GetDefaultHypervisorConfig() vc.HypervisorConfig {
 		EnableIOThreads:          defaultEnableIOThreads,
 		Msize9p:                  defaultMsize9p,
 		HotplugVFIOOnRootBus:     defaultHotplugVFIOOnRootBus,
+		ColdPlugVFIO:             defaultColdPlugVFIO,
 		PCIeRootPort:             defaultPCIeRootPort,
 		GuestHookPath:            defaultGuestHookPath,
 		VhostUserStorePath:       defaultVhostUserStorePath,