diff --git a/share/doc/xsd/vm.xsd b/share/doc/xsd/vm.xsd
index 750a33e098..d111bd7504 100644
--- a/share/doc/xsd/vm.xsd
+++ b/share/doc/xsd/vm.xsd
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
               <xs:element name="MEMORY" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
               <xs:element name="MEMORY_COST" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
               <xs:element name="MEMORY_MAX" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
-              <xs:element name="MEMORY_SLOTS" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
               <xs:element name="NIC" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                 <xs:complexType>
                   <xs:sequence>
diff --git a/src/fireedge/src/client/constants/vm.js b/src/fireedge/src/client/constants/vm.js
index 81d3471b3f..01de7e87d3 100644
--- a/src/fireedge/src/client/constants/vm.js
+++ b/src/fireedge/src/client/constants/vm.js
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ import { ScheduleAction } from 'client/constants/scheduler'
  * @property {string} [TEMPLATE.MEMORY] -
  * @property {string} [TEMPLATE.MEMORY_COST] -
  * @property {string} [TEMPLATE.MEMORY_MAX] -
- * @property {string} [TEMPLATE.MEMORY_SLOTS] -
  * @property {Nic|Nic[]} [TEMPLATE.NIC] -
  * @property {NicAlias|NicAlias[]} [TEMPLATE.NIC_ALIAS] -
  * @property {any} [TEMPLATE.NIC_DEFAULT] -
diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
index 2fa9d9a24e..0274e77fc8 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
@@ -832,19 +832,13 @@ int VirtualMachine::insert(SqlDB * db, string& error_str)
     user_obj_template->erase("MEMORY");
     obj_template->add("MEMORY", memory);
 
-    // Check optional MEMORY_MAX and MEMORY_SLOTS attribute
+    // Check optional MEMORY_MAX attribute
     if ( user_obj_template->get("MEMORY_MAX", ivalue) && ivalue > 0 )
     {
         user_obj_template->erase("MEMORY_MAX");
         obj_template->add("MEMORY_MAX", ivalue);
     }
 
-    if ( user_obj_template->get("MEMORY_SLOTS", ivalue) && ivalue > 0 )
-    {
-        user_obj_template->erase("MEMORY_SLOTS");
-        obj_template->add("MEMORY_SLOTS", ivalue);
-    }
-
     if ( user_obj_template->get("CPU", fvalue) == false || fvalue <= 0 )
     {
         goto error_cpu;
diff --git a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
index 00590abdde..fe0e3deb3c 100644
--- a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
+++ b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
@@ -720,7 +720,16 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_kvm(
     // Memory must be expressed in Kb
     if (vm->get_template_attribute("MEMORY",memory))
     {
-        file << "\t<memory>" << memory * 1024 << "</memory>" << endl;
+        bool has_memory_max = vm->get_template_attribute("MEMORY_MAX", memory_max);
+        has_memory_max = has_memory_max && memory < memory_max;
+
+        if (!has_memory_max)
+        {
+            memory_max = memory;
+        }
+
+        file << "\t<memory>" << memory_max * 1024 << "</memory>" << endl;
+        file << "\t<currentMemory>" << memory * 1024 << "</currentMemory>" << endl;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -728,18 +737,6 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_kvm(
         return -1;
     }
 
-    bool has_memory_max = vm->get_template_attribute("MEMORY_MAX", memory_max);
-    has_memory_max = has_memory_max && memory < memory_max;
-
-    if (!topology && has_memory_max)
-    {
-        int slots = 0;
-        get_attribute(vm, host, cluster, "MEMORY_SLOTS", slots);
-
-        file << "\t<maxMemory slots='" << slots
-             << "'>" << memory_max * 1024 << "</maxMemory>" << endl;
-    }
-
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     //  OS and boot options
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -858,7 +855,7 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_kvm(
         cpu_mode = "custom";
     }
 
-    if ( !cpu_model.empty() || topology != 0 || has_memory_max )
+    if ( !cpu_model.empty() || topology != 0 )
     {
         file << "\t<cpu";
 
@@ -877,19 +874,6 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_kvm(
             file << ">\n";
         }
 
-        if (nodes.empty() && has_memory_max)
-        {
-            int cpus = to_i(vcpu) - 1;
-            if (cpus < 0)
-            {
-                cpus = 0;
-            }
-
-            file << "\t\t<numa>\n\t\t\t<cell id='0' cpus='0-" << cpus
-                << "' memory=" << one_util::escape_xml_attr(memory * 1024)
-                << " unit='KiB'/>\n\t\t</numa>" << endl;
-        }
-
         vtopol(file, topology, nodes, numa_tune, mbacking);
 
         file << "\t</cpu>\n";
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf b/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf
index eda075ac11..3a6a62cc64 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #  - emulator
 #  - os [kernel,initrd,boot,root,kernel_cmd,arch,machine,sd_disk_bus]
 #  - vcpu
-#  - memory_slots: number of memory slots for hotplug memory
 #  - graphics [type, listen, passwd, keymap, random_passwd]
 #  - features [acpi, pae, apic, hyperv, localtime, guest_agent, virtio_scsi_queues, iothreads]
 #  - cpu_model [model]
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@
 
 #VCPU = 1
 
-MEMORY_SLOTS = 16
-
 OS = [
     ARCH = "x86_64"
 ]
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/resize b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/resize
index d664014f04..da65dec69b 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/resize
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/resize
@@ -53,33 +53,8 @@ if [ ! -z "$MEM" -a "$MEM" -ne "$MEM_OLD" ]; then
         sudo -n sysctl vm.drop_caches=3 vm.compact_memory=1 >/dev/null
     fi
 
-    # Extract node id from virsh dumpxml
-    XML_INFO=$(virsh --connect ${LIBVIRT_URI} dumpxml ${DOMAIN})
-    IFS= read -r -d '' NODE_ID < <(echo "$XML_INFO" | $XPATH --subtree /domain/cpu/numa/cell/@id)
-
-    MEM_DIFF=$(expr $MEM - $MEM_OLD)
-
-    case $MEM_DIFF in
-    -*)
-      ACTION="detach-device"
-      MEM_DIFF=${MEM_DIFF#-}
-      ;;
-    *)
-      ACTION="attach-device"
-      ;;
-    esac
-
-    # Create tmp file with memory device specification
-    TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/resize.XXXXXX)
-    echo -e "<memory model='dimm'>\n\t<target>\n\
-            <size unit='MiB'>$MEM_DIFF</size>\n\
-            <node>$NODE_ID</node>\n\t</target>\n</memory>" >$TMPFILE
-
     # Add memory to VM
-    exec_and_log "virsh --connect ${LIBVIRT_URI} ${ACTION} ${DOMAIN} ${TMPFILE} --live"
-
-    # Cleanup
-    rm $TMPFILE
+    exec_and_log "virsh --connect ${LIBVIRT_URI} setmem ${DOMAIN} $((${MEM}*1024))"
 
     # Compact memory
     if [ "x$CLEANUP_MEMORY_ON_STOP" = "xyes" ]; then