diff --git a/target/arm/cpu64.c b/target/arm/cpu64.c
index 76891c9288..fb5e1b69db 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu64.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu64.c
@@ -336,12 +336,6 @@ static void cpu_max_set_sve_max_vq(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
         return;
     }
 
-    if (kvm_enabled() && !kvm_arm_sve_supported()) {
-        error_setg(errp, "cannot set sve-max-vq");
-        error_append_hint(errp, "SVE not supported by KVM on this host\n");
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (max_vq == 0 || max_vq > ARM_MAX_VQ) {
         error_setg(errp, "unsupported SVE vector length");
         error_append_hint(errp, "Valid sve-max-vq in range [1-%d]\n",