diff --git a/packstack/puppet/templates/nova_compute_libvirt.pp b/packstack/puppet/templates/nova_compute_libvirt.pp
index c1cce2965..847be1cfb 100644
--- a/packstack/puppet/templates/nova_compute_libvirt.pp
+++ b/packstack/puppet/templates/nova_compute_libvirt.pp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Firewall <| |> -> Class['nova::compute::libvirt']
 
 if str2bool($::is_virtual) {
   $libvirt_virt_type = 'qemu'
-  $libvirt_cpu_mode = 'none'
 } else {
   $libvirt_virt_type = 'kvm'
 }
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ $libvirt_vnc_bind_host = hiera('CONFIG_IP_VERSION') ? {
 
 class { '::nova::compute::libvirt':
   libvirt_virt_type        => $libvirt_virt_type,
-  libvirt_cpu_mode         => $libvirt_cpu_mode,
   vncserver_listen         => $libvirt_vnc_bind_host,
   migration_support        => true,
   libvirt_inject_partition => '-1',