diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 95c24abbc..4297401fa 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ fn create_app<'a, 'b>(
                     "User defined memory zone parameters \
                      \"size=<guest_memory_region_size>,file=<backing_file>,\
                      shared=on|off,hugepages=on|off,host_numa_node=<node_id>,\
-                     guest_numa_node=<node_id>,id=<zone_identifier>\"",
+                     id=<zone_identifier>\"",
                 )
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .min_values(1)
diff --git a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
index 0149d172b..0b72a5ca5 100644
--- a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
+++ b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
@@ -477,9 +477,6 @@ components:
         host_numa_node:
           type: integer
           format: uint32
-        guest_numa_node:
-          type: integer
-          format: uint32
 
     MemoryConfig:
       required:
diff --git a/vmm/src/config.rs b/vmm/src/config.rs
index 3a1b4f44c..9eff718b0 100644
--- a/vmm/src/config.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/config.rs
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@ pub struct MemoryZoneConfig {
     pub hugepages: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub host_numa_node: Option<u32>,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub guest_numa_node: Option<u32>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -449,8 +447,7 @@ impl MemoryConfig {
                     .add("file")
                     .add("shared")
                     .add("hugepages")
-                    .add("host_numa_node")
-                    .add("guest_numa_node");
+                    .add("host_numa_node");
                 parser.parse(memory_zone).map_err(Error::ParseMemoryZone)?;
 
                 let id = parser.get("id").ok_or(Error::ParseMemoryZoneIdMissing)?;
@@ -473,9 +470,6 @@ impl MemoryConfig {
                 let host_numa_node = parser
                     .convert::<u32>("host_numa_node")
                     .map_err(Error::ParseMemoryZone)?;
-                let guest_numa_node = parser
-                    .convert::<u32>("guest_numa_node")
-                    .map_err(Error::ParseMemoryZone)?;
 
                 zones.push(MemoryZoneConfig {
                     id,
@@ -484,7 +478,6 @@ impl MemoryConfig {
                     shared,
                     hugepages,
                     host_numa_node,
-                    guest_numa_node,
                 });
             }
             Some(zones)
diff --git a/vmm/src/memory_manager.rs b/vmm/src/memory_manager.rs
index 056d2fad9..3de8bb447 100644
--- a/vmm/src/memory_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/memory_manager.rs
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ impl MemoryManager {
                 shared: config.shared,
                 hugepages: config.hugepages,
                 host_numa_node: None,
-                guest_numa_node: None,
             }];
 
             (config.size, zones)