diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go
index f8818e2c7..b9cf6695b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go
@@ -365,9 +365,6 @@ func (p *provider) Create(machine *v1alpha1.Machine, _ *cloudprovidertypes.Provi
 				},
 				Spec: kubevirtv1.VirtualMachineInstanceSpec{
 					Domain: kubevirtv1.DomainSpec{
-						CPU: &kubevirtv1.CPU{
-							Cores: 2,
-						},
 						Devices: kubevirtv1.Devices{
 							Disks: []kubevirtv1.Disk{
 								{