diff --git a/openvswitch/tests/cfg/ovs_basic.cfg b/openvswitch/tests/cfg/ovs_basic.cfg
index 60be80bede8444c3fe0b8f58129ef46752cdf0c9..037fa582158489c4a7f398dfd29404378cf238c5 100644
--- a/openvswitch/tests/cfg/ovs_basic.cfg
+++ b/openvswitch/tests/cfg/ovs_basic.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     virt_test_type = openvswitch
     type = ovs_basic
     vms = "vm1 vm2 vm3 vm4"
-    cpumodel= "core2duo"
     #vms = ""
     nics = "nic1 nic2"
     netdst_nic2 = ""