diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 3479a1c430710b377a160fe32421b4ad6409a913..e47877b9a55ef22de410ed72f527999395e6ca11 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -5172,44 +5172,6 @@ cmdDomjobabort(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * "maxvcpus" command
- */
-static const vshCmdInfo info_maxvcpus[] = {
-    {.name = "help",
-     .data = N_("connection vcpu maximum")
-    },
-    {.name = "desc",
-     .data = N_("Show maximum number of virtual CPUs for guests on this connection.")
-    },
-    {.name = NULL}
-};
-
-static const vshCmdOptDef opts_maxvcpus[] = {
-    {.name = "type",
-     .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
-     .help = N_("domain type")
-    },
-    {.name = NULL}
-};
-
-static bool
-cmdMaxvcpus(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
-{
-    const char *type = NULL;
-    int vcpus;
-
-    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "type", &type) < 0)
-        return false;
-
-    if ((vcpus = virConnectGetMaxVcpus(ctl->conn, type)) < 0)
-        return false;
-
-    vshPrint(ctl, "%d\n", vcpus);
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 /*
  * "vcpucount" command
  */
@@ -10639,12 +10601,6 @@ const vshCmdDef domManagementCmds[] = {
      .info = info_managedsaveremove,
      .flags = 0
     },
-    {.name = "maxvcpus",
-     .handler = cmdMaxvcpus,
-     .opts = opts_maxvcpus,
-     .info = info_maxvcpus,
-     .flags = 0
-    },
     {.name = "memtune",
      .handler = cmdMemtune,
      .opts = opts_memtune,
diff --git a/tools/virsh-host.c b/tools/virsh-host.c
index 880ae4b0e598f751b3cd5bc28a749a5194f4cee6..f69ab79ded02cda9d26ec1c6879966dd0a7f01f1 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-host.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-host.c
@@ -192,6 +192,44 @@ cleanup:
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * "maxvcpus" command
+ */
+static const vshCmdInfo info_maxvcpus[] = {
+    {.name = "help",
+     .data = N_("connection vcpu maximum")
+    },
+    {.name = "desc",
+     .data = N_("Show maximum number of virtual CPUs for guests on this connection.")
+    },
+    {.name = NULL}
+};
+
+static const vshCmdOptDef opts_maxvcpus[] = {
+    {.name = "type",
+     .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
+     .help = N_("domain type")
+    },
+    {.name = NULL}
+};
+
+static bool
+cmdMaxvcpus(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
+{
+    const char *type = NULL;
+    int vcpus;
+
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "type", &type) < 0)
+        return false;
+
+    if ((vcpus = virConnectGetMaxVcpus(ctl->conn, type)) < 0)
+        return false;
+
+    vshPrint(ctl, "%d\n", vcpus);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * "nodeinfo" command
  */
@@ -863,6 +901,12 @@ const vshCmdDef hostAndHypervisorCmds[] = {
      .info = info_hostname,
      .flags = 0
     },
+    {.name = "maxvcpus",
+     .handler = cmdMaxvcpus,
+     .opts = opts_maxvcpus,
+     .info = info_maxvcpus,
+     .flags = 0
+    },
     {.name = "node-memory-tune",
      .handler = cmdNodeMemoryTune,
      .opts = opts_node_memory_tune,