diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index 6e4976962d..797caf6076 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@ qemuValidateDomainVCpuTopology(const virDomainDef *def, virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps)
                                                         def->os.machine);
     unsigned int topologycpus;
     unsigned int granularity;
-    unsigned int numacpus;
 
     if (virDomainDefGetVcpus(def) == 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
@@ -785,13 +784,6 @@ qemuValidateDomainVCpuTopology(const virDomainDef *def, virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps)
         }
     }
 
-    numacpus = virDomainNumaGetCPUCountTotal(def->numa);
-    if ((numacpus != 0) && (topologycpus != numacpus)) {
-        VIR_WARN("CPU topology doesn't match numa CPU count; "
-                 "partial NUMA mapping is obsoleted and will "
-                 "be removed in future");
-    }
-
     /* vCPU hotplug granularity must be respected */
     granularity = qemuValidateDefGetVcpuHotplugGranularity(def);
     if ((virDomainDefGetVcpus(def) % granularity) != 0) {