diff --git a/cloud-hypervisor/src/main.rs b/cloud-hypervisor/src/main.rs
index bc7a0d12e..98a311ec4 100644
--- a/cloud-hypervisor/src/main.rs
+++ b/cloud-hypervisor/src/main.rs
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ mod unit_tests {
                     mode: ConsoleOutputMode::Null,
                     socket: None,
                 },
-                iommu: false,
             },
             console: ConsoleConfig {
                 common: CommonConsoleConfig {
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/http_api.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/http_api.rs
index 41246392f..ff94a1c56 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/http_api.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/http_api.rs
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ impl RequestHandler for StubApiRequestHandler {
                         mode: ConsoleOutputMode::Tty,
                         socket: None,
                     },
-                    iommu: false,
                 },
                 console: ConsoleConfig {
                     common: CommonConsoleConfig {
diff --git a/vmm/src/config.rs b/vmm/src/config.rs
index 217e07aaa..f008081e4 100644
--- a/vmm/src/config.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/config.rs
@@ -2207,18 +2207,11 @@ impl SerialConfig {
         let mut parser = OptionParser::new();
         parser
             .add_all_valueless(CommonConsoleConfig::VALUELESS_OPTIONS)
-            .add_all(CommonConsoleConfig::VALUE_OPTIONS)
-            .add("iommu");
+            .add_all(CommonConsoleConfig::VALUE_OPTIONS);
         parser.parse(serial).map_err(Error::ParseSerial)?;
 
-        let iommu = parser
-            .convert::<Toggle>("iommu")
-            .map_err(Error::ParsePciDeviceCommonConfig)?
-            .unwrap_or(Toggle(false))
-            .0;
-
         let common = CommonConsoleConfig::parse(serial, Error::ParseSerial)?;
-        Ok(Self { common, iommu })
+        Ok(Self { common })
     }
 }
 
@@ -5054,7 +5047,6 @@ id=\"{id}\",pci_segment={pci_segment},queue_sizes={queue_sizes}"
                     mode: ConsoleOutputMode::Null,
                     socket: None,
                 },
-                iommu: false,
             },
             console: ConsoleConfig {
                 common: CommonConsoleConfig {
diff --git a/vmm/src/lib.rs b/vmm/src/lib.rs
index eb996bc89..faa72fbeb 100644
--- a/vmm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/lib.rs
@@ -2729,7 +2729,6 @@ mod unit_tests {
                     mode: ConsoleOutputMode::Null,
                     socket: None,
                 },
-                iommu: false,
             },
             console: ConsoleConfig {
                 common: CommonConsoleConfig {
diff --git a/vmm/src/vm_config.rs b/vmm/src/vm_config.rs
index e6552f997..140311710 100644
--- a/vmm/src/vm_config.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/vm_config.rs
@@ -582,13 +582,10 @@ impl ApplyLandlock for CommonConsoleConfig {
 pub struct SerialConfig {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub common: CommonConsoleConfig,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "<&bool as std::ops::Not>::not")]
-    pub iommu: bool,
 }
 
 impl SerialConfig {
-    pub const SYNTAX: &str =
-        "Control serial port: \"off|null|pty|tty|file=<path>|socket=<path>,iommu=on|off\"";
+    pub const SYNTAX: &str = "Control serial port: \"off|null|pty|tty|file=<path>|socket=<path>\"";
 }
 
 impl Default for SerialConfig {
@@ -599,7 +596,6 @@ impl Default for SerialConfig {
                 mode: ConsoleOutputMode::Null,
                 socket: None,
             },
-            iommu: false,
         }
     }
 }