diff --git a/tests/clitest.py b/tests/clitest.py
index a1176e1d3..89928dc2a 100644
--- a/tests/clitest.py
+++ b/tests/clitest.py
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ vinst.add_valid("cpuram", "--cpu foobar,+x2apic,+x2apicagain,-distest,forbid=foo
 vinst.add_valid("cpuram", "--numatune 1,2,3,5-7,^6")  # Simple --numatune
 vinst.add_invalid("cpuram", "--vcpus 32 --cpuset=969-1000")  # Bogus cpuset
 vinst.add_invalid("cpuram", "--vcpus 32 --cpuset=autofoo")  # Bogus cpuset
-vinst.add_invalid("cpuram", "--vcpus 10000")  # Over max vcpus
 vinst.add_invalid("cpuram", "--vcpus 20 --check-cpu")  # Over host vcpus w/ --check-cpu
 vinst.add_invalid("cpuram", "--vcpus 5,maxvcpus=1")  # maxvcpus less than cpus
 vinst.add_invalid("cpuram", "--vcpus foo=bar")  # vcpus unknown option
diff --git a/tests/validation.py b/tests/validation.py
index c75909699..d665a320d 100644
--- a/tests/validation.py
+++ b/tests/validation.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ args = {
         'valid'   : ['12345678123456781234567812345678',
                      '12345678-1234-1234-ABCD-ABCDEF123456']},
     'vcpus'     : {
-        'invalid' : [-1, 0, 1000, ''],
+        'invalid' : [-1, 0, ''],
         'valid'   : [1, 32]},
     'type'      : {
         'invalid' : [],
diff --git a/virtManager/connection.py b/virtManager/connection.py
index 9df86680f..6e8bf486a 100644
--- a/virtManager/connection.py
+++ b/virtManager/connection.py
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ class vmmConnection(vmmGObject):
             self._check_caps()
         return self._caps
 
-    def get_max_vcpus(self, _type):
-        return virtinst.util.get_max_vcpus(self._backend, _type)
-
     def get_host_info(self):
         return self.hostinfo
 
diff --git a/virtManager/create.py b/virtManager/create.py
index 28c5cc9ad..c2fc64e60 100644
--- a/virtManager/create.py
+++ b/virtManager/create.py
@@ -560,19 +560,8 @@ class vmmCreate(vmmGObjectUI):
         self.widget("phys-mem-label").set_markup(mem_label)
 
         # CPU
-        phys_cpus = self.conn.host_active_processor_count()
-
-        max_v = self.conn.get_max_vcpus(self.capsdomain.hypervisor_type)
+        phys_cpus = int(self.conn.host_active_processor_count())
         cmax = phys_cpus
-        if int(max_v) < int(phys_cpus):
-            cmax = max_v
-            cpu_tooltip = (_("Hypervisor only supports %d virtual CPUs.") %
-                           max_v)
-        else:
-            cpu_tooltip = None
-        self.widget("config-cpus").set_tooltip_text(cpu_tooltip or "")
-
-        cmax = int(cmax)
         if cmax <= 0:
             cmax = 1
         cpu_label = (_("Up to %(numcpus)d available") %
diff --git a/virtinst/Guest.py b/virtinst/Guest.py
index 4b7a6fb90..4a013bb53 100644
--- a/virtinst/Guest.py
+++ b/virtinst/Guest.py
@@ -346,13 +346,9 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilderDomain.XMLBuilderDomain):
                          xpath="./uuid")
 
     def __validate_cpus(self, val):
-        maxvcpus = util.get_max_vcpus(self.conn, self.type)
         val = int(val)
         if val < 1:
             raise ValueError(_("Number of vcpus must be a positive integer."))
-        if val > maxvcpus:
-            raise ValueError(_("Number of vcpus must be no greater than %d "
-                               "for this vm type.") % maxvcpus)
         return val
 
     # number of vcpus for the guest
diff --git a/virtinst/util.py b/virtinst/util.py
index 8514719c0..4a70b84e6 100644
--- a/virtinst/util.py
+++ b/virtinst/util.py
@@ -446,18 +446,6 @@ def randomUUID(conn):
                      "%02x" * 6]) % tuple(u)
 
 
-def get_max_vcpus(conn, typ):
-    """@param conn: libvirt connection to poll for max possible vcpus
-       @type type: optional guest type (kvm, etc.)"""
-    if typ is None:
-        typ = conn.getType()
-    try:
-        m = conn.getMaxVcpus(typ.lower())
-    except libvirt.libvirtError:
-        m = 32
-    return m
-
-
 def xml_escape(xml):
     """
     Replaces chars ' " < > & with xml safe counterparts