diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
index 47c297b4bf..d986cd277b 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
@@ -885,13 +885,6 @@ static void initiate_domain_create(libxl__egc *egc,
         goto error_out;
     }
 
-    if (d_config->c_info.type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM &&
-        libxl_defbool_val(d_config->b_info.u.hvm.altp2m) &&
-        pod_enabled) {
-        LOG(ERROR, "Cannot enable PoD and ALTP2M at the same time");
-        goto error_out;
-    }
-
     /* PV vNUMA is not yet supported because there is an issue with
      * cpuid handling.
      */