diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/cpu/test_api.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/cpu/test_api.py
index 18b927302fd1..5e9af44e8ed9 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/cpu/test_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/cpu/test_api.py
@@ -237,42 +237,3 @@ class TestAPI(test.NoDBTestCase):
         api.validate_all_dedicated_cpus()
         # no assert we want to make sure the validation won't raise if
         # no dedicated cpus are configured
-
-    @mock.patch.object(core, 'get_governor')
-    @mock.patch.object(core, 'get_online')
-    def test_validate_all_dedicated_cpus_for_cpu_state_no_governor_ignored(
-        self, mock_get_online, mock_get_governor
-    ):
-        self.flags(cpu_power_management=True, group='libvirt')
-        self.flags(cpu_dedicated_set='0-2', group='compute')
-        self.flags(cpu_power_management_strategy='cpu_state', group='libvirt')
-
-        mock_get_online.return_value = True
-        mock_get_governor.side_effect = FileNotFoundError(
-            "File /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor "
-            "could not be found.")
-
-        api.validate_all_dedicated_cpus()
-
-        self.assertEqual(2, len(mock_get_governor.mock_calls))
-
-    @mock.patch.object(core, 'get_governor')
-    @mock.patch.object(core, 'get_online')
-    def test_validate_all_dedicated_cpus_for_governor_error(
-        self, mock_get_online, mock_get_governor
-    ):
-        self.flags(cpu_power_management=True, group='libvirt')
-        self.flags(cpu_dedicated_set='0-2', group='compute')
-        self.flags(cpu_power_management_strategy='governor', group='libvirt')
-
-        mock_get_online.return_value = True
-        mock_get_governor.side_effect = FileNotFoundError(
-            "File /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor "
-            "could not be found.")
-
-        ex = self.assertRaises(
-            exception.InvalidConfiguration, api.validate_all_dedicated_cpus)
-        self.assertIn(
-            "[libvirt]cpu_power_management_strategy is 'governor', "
-            "but the host OS does not support governors for CPU0",
-            str(ex))
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/api.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/api.py
index 0673b9e26f2d..060041c0f486 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/api.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/cpu/api.py
@@ -137,24 +137,7 @@ def validate_all_dedicated_cpus() -> None:
             continue
         pcpu = Core(pcpu)
         # we need to collect the governors strategy and the CPU states
-        try:
-            governors.add(pcpu.governor)
-        except FileNotFoundError as e:
-            # NOTE(gibi): When
-            # /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/scaling_governor does
-            # not exist it means the host OS does not support any governors.
-            # If cpu_state strategy is requested we can ignore this as
-            # governors will not be used but if governor strategy is requested
-            # we need to report an error and stop as the host is not properly
-            # configured
-            if CONF.libvirt.cpu_power_management_strategy == 'governor':
-                msg = _(
-                    "[libvirt]cpu_power_management_strategy is 'governor', "
-                    "but the host OS does not support governors for CPU%d"
-                    % pcpu.ident
-                )
-                raise exception.InvalidConfiguration(msg) from e
-
+        governors.add(pcpu.governor)
         cpu_states.add(pcpu.online)
     if CONF.libvirt.cpu_power_management_strategy == 'cpu_state':
         # all the cores need to have the same governor strategy