diff --git a/virtcontainers/clh.go b/virtcontainers/clh.go
index c5616dfb59..af8ec3f75b 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/clh.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/clh.go
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ const (
 	supportedMinorVersion = 5
 	defaultClhPath        = "/usr/local/bin/cloud-hypervisor"
 	virtioFsCacheAlways   = "always"
-	maxClhVcpus           = uint32(64)
 )
 
 // Interface that hides the implementation of openAPI client
@@ -795,11 +794,6 @@ func (clh *cloudHypervisor) LaunchClh() (string, int, error) {
 	return errStr, cmd.Process.Pid, nil
 }
 
-// MaxClhVCPUs returns the maximum number of vCPUs supported
-func MaxClhVCPUs() uint32 {
-	return maxClhVcpus
-}
-
 //###########################################################################
 //
 // Cloud-hypervisor CLI builder
diff --git a/virtcontainers/clh_test.go b/virtcontainers/clh_test.go
index c3f5c6589a..be000bd3ee 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/clh_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/clh_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func newClhConfig() (HypervisorConfig, error) {
 		BlockDeviceDriver: config.VirtioBlock,
 		MemorySize:        defaultMemSzMiB,
 		DefaultBridges:    defaultBridges,
-		DefaultMaxVCPUs:   MaxClhVCPUs(),
+		DefaultMaxVCPUs:   uint32(64),
 		SharedFS:          config.VirtioFS,
 		VirtioFSCache:     virtioFsCacheAlways,
 		VirtioFSDaemon:    testVirtiofsdPath,