diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 3d98604f77..df44906ef9 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1643,8 +1643,6 @@ show qdev device model list
 show roms
 @item info tpm
 show the TPM device
-@item info cpu_max
-show the number of CPUs supported by the machine being emulated.
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index dbe9b9043e..2e35b3da4e 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -750,14 +750,6 @@ void hmp_ringbuf_read(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     g_free(data);
 }
 
-void hmp_query_cpu_max(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
-{
-    int cpu_max;
-
-    cpu_max = qmp_query_cpu_max(NULL);
-    monitor_printf(mon, "Maximum number of CPUs is %d\n", cpu_max);
-}
-
 static void hmp_cont_cb(void *opaque, int err)
 {
     if (!err) {
diff --git a/hmp.h b/hmp.h
index 80e8b412d4..95fe76e218 100644
--- a/hmp.h
+++ b/hmp.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ void hmp_stop(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_system_reset(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_system_powerdown(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_cpu(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
-void hmp_query_cpu_max(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_memsave(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_pmemsave(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_ringbuf_write(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index c897e8033f..0f7d52c543 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -2764,13 +2764,6 @@ static mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .help       = "show the TPM device",
         .mhandler.cmd = hmp_info_tpm,
     },
-    {
-        .name       = "cpu_max",
-        .args_type  = "",
-        .params     = "",
-        .help       = "Get maximum number of VCPUs supported by machine",
-        .mhandler.cmd = hmp_query_cpu_max,
-    },
     {
         .name       = NULL,
     },
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 66808c2f27..a184ce6123 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1833,17 +1833,6 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'query-migrate-cache-size', 'returns': 'int' }
 
-##
-## @query-cpu-max
-##
-## query maximum number of CPUs supported by machine
-##
-## Returns: number of CPUs
-##
-## Since: 1.5
-###
-{ 'command': 'query-cpu-max', 'returns': 'int' }
-
 ##
 # @ObjectPropertyInfo:
 #
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 1e0e11ee32..4d65422c40 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -382,28 +382,6 @@ Example:
 
 Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
 
-EQMP
-
-    {
-        .name       = "query-cpu-max",
-        .args_type  = "",
-        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_cpu_max,
-    },
-
-SQMP
-query-cpu-max
--------------
-
-Get the maximum CPUs supported by the machine being currently
-emulated.
-
-Returns json-int.
-
-Example:
-
--> { "execute": "query-cpu-max" }
-<- { "return": 255 }
-
 EQMP
 
     {
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 6547b5fe38..dd945496df 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -662,11 +662,6 @@ StatusInfo *qmp_query_status(Error **errp)
     return info;
 }
 
-int64_t qmp_query_cpu_max(Error **errp)
-{
-    return current_machine->max_cpus;
-}
-
 /***********************************************************/
 /* real time host monotonic timer */