diff --git a/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
index 4fcceae71..88479bbdd 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ pub trait Hypervisor: Send + Sync {
     ///
     fn create_vm(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn Vm>>;
     ///
-    /// Get the API version of the hypervisor
-    ///
-    fn get_api_version(&self) -> i32;
-    ///
     /// Returns the size of the memory mapping required to use the vcpu's structures
     ///
     fn get_vcpu_mmap_size(&self) -> Result<usize>;
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
index 2efc75402..40dc11837 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
@@ -424,12 +424,6 @@ impl hypervisor::Hypervisor for KvmHypervisor {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    ///
-    /// Returns the KVM API version.
-    ///
-    fn get_api_version(&self) -> i32 {
-        self.kvm.get_api_version()
-    }
     ///
     ///  Returns the size of the memory mapping required to use the vcpu's `kvm_run` structure.
     ///