diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go
index f1f20d3151..570fef6a3a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_config_linux.go
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ 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
 	}