diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
index cb29fd9b1e..188d20a06e 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_FILE_BACKED_MEM_ROOT_DIR: &str =
 /// A sandbox annotation that is used to enable/disable virtio-mem.
 pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_VIRTIO_MEM: &str =
     "io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_virtio_mem";
-/// A sandbox annotation to enable swap of vm memory.
-pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_SWAP: &str =
-    "io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_swap";
 /// A sandbox annotation to enable swap in the guest.
 pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_GUEST_SWAP: &str =
     "io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_guest_swap";
@@ -786,14 +783,6 @@ impl Annotation {
                             return Err(bool_err);
                         }
                     },
-                    KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_SWAP => match self.get_value::<bool>(key) {
-                        Ok(r) => {
-                            hv.memory_info.enable_swap = r.unwrap_or_default();
-                        }
-                        Err(_e) => {
-                            return Err(bool_err);
-                        }
-                    },
                     KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_GUEST_SWAP => match self.get_value::<bool>(key)
                     {
                         Ok(r) => {
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
index ed9312f93f..cef5e1d34f 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
@@ -708,12 +708,6 @@ pub struct MemoryInfo {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub enable_virtio_mem: bool,
 
-    /// Enable swap of vm memory. Default false.
-    ///
-    /// The behaviour is undefined if mem_prealloc is also set to true
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub enable_swap: bool,
-
     /// Enable swap in the guest. Default false.
     ///
     /// When enable_guest_swap is enabled, insert a raw file to the guest as the swap device if the
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/tests/test_config.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/tests/test_config.rs
index d350df724b..434b603265 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/tests/test_config.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/tests/test_config.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mod tests {
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_BLOCK_DEV_DRIVER, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_CTLPATH,
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_MEMORY, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_VCPUS,
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_GUEST_SWAP, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_HUGEPAGES,
-        KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_IO_THREADS, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_SWAP,
+        KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_IO_THREADS
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_FILE_BACKED_MEM_ROOT_DIR,
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST_HOOK_PATH, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_JAILER_PATH,
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_KERNEL_PATH, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_MEMORY_PREALLOC,
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ mod tests {
             KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_IO_THREADS.to_string(),
             "false".to_string(),
         );
-        anno_hash.insert(
-            KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_SWAP.to_string(),
-            "false".to_string(),
-        );
         anno_hash.insert(
             KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_FILE_BACKED_MEM_ROOT_DIR.to_string(),
             "./test_file_backend_mem_root".to_string(),
@@ -201,7 +197,6 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(hv.memory_info.default_memory, 100);
             assert!(!hv.enable_iothreads);
             assert!(!hv.enable_iothreads);
-            assert!(!hv.memory_info.enable_swap);
             assert_eq!(
                 hv.memory_info.file_mem_backend,
                 "./test_file_backend_mem_root"
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-0.toml b/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-0.toml
index 7e997e79af..5b585b6eaf 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-0.toml
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-0.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ default_maxvcpus = 64
 machine_type = "q35"
 confidential_guest = true
 rootless = true
-enable_annotations = ["shared_fs","path", "ctlpath","jailer_path","enable_iothreads","default_memory","memory_slots","enable_mem_prealloc","enable_hugepages","file_mem_backend","enable_virtio_mem","enable_swap","enable_guest_swap","default_vcpus","virtio_fs_extra_args","block_device_driver","vhost_user_store_path","kernel","guest_hook_path","block_device_cache_noflush","virtio_fs_daemon"] 
+enable_annotations = ["shared_fs","path", "ctlpath","jailer_path","enable_iothreads","default_memory","memory_slots","enable_mem_prealloc","enable_hugepages","file_mem_backend","enable_virtio_mem","enable_guest_swap","default_vcpus","virtio_fs_extra_args","block_device_driver","vhost_user_store_path","kernel","guest_hook_path","block_device_cache_noflush","virtio_fs_daemon"] 
 machine_accelerators="noapic"
 default_bridges = 2
 default_memory = 128
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ enable_iommu = true
 enable_iommu_platform = true
 file_mem_backend = "/dev/shm"
 valid_file_mem_backends = ["/dev/shm","/dev/snd","./test_file_backend_mem_root"]
-enable_swap = true
 pflashes = ["/proc/mounts"]
 enable_debug = true
 msize_9p = 16384
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-1.toml b/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-1.toml
index 1ca9f9ae73..ffeafe5375 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-1.toml
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/tests/texture/configuration-anno-1.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ enable_iommu = true
 enable_iommu_platform = true
 file_mem_backend = "/dev/shm"
 valid_file_mem_backends = ["/dev/shm"]
-enable_swap = true
 pflashes = ["/proc/mounts"]
 enable_debug = true
 msize_9p = 16384
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml b/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml
index b8d876f89e..05bde09bd4 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ default_maxvcpus = 64
 machine_type = "q35"
 confidential_guest = true
 rootless = true
-enable_annotations = ["shared_fs","path", "ctlpath","jailer_path","enable_iothreads","default_memory","memory_slots","enable_mem_prealloc","enable_hugepages","file_mem_backend","enable_virtio_mem","enable_swap","enable_guest_swap","default_vcpus","virtio_fs_extra_args","block_device_driver","vhost_user_store_path","kernel","guest_hook_path","block_device_cache_noflush","virtio_fs_daemon"] 
+enable_annotations = ["shared_fs","path", "ctlpath","jailer_path","enable_iothreads","default_memory","memory_slots","enable_mem_prealloc","enable_hugepages","file_mem_backend","enable_virtio_mem","enable_guest_swap","default_vcpus","virtio_fs_extra_args","block_device_driver","vhost_user_store_path","kernel","guest_hook_path","block_device_cache_noflush","virtio_fs_daemon"] 
 machine_accelerators="noapic"
 default_bridges = 2
 default_memory = 128
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ enable_iommu = true
 enable_iommu_platform = true
 file_mem_backend = "/dev/shm"
 valid_file_mem_backends = ["/dev/shm","/dev/snd","./test_file_backend_mem_root"]
-enable_swap = true
 pflashes = ["/proc/mounts"]
 enable_debug = true
 msize_9p = 16384