diff --git a/configs/example/gem5_library/arm-ubuntu-run-with-kvm.py b/configs/example/gem5_library/arm-ubuntu-run-with-kvm.py
index f6c9164396..3d1435e866 100644
--- a/configs/example/gem5_library/arm-ubuntu-run-with-kvm.py
+++ b/configs/example/gem5_library/arm-ubuntu-run-with-kvm.py
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ processor = SimpleSwitchableProcessor(
 )
 
 # The ArmBoard requires a `release` to be specified. This adds all the
-# extensions or features to the system. We are setting this to Armv8
-# (ArmDefaultRelease) in this example config script.
-release = ArmDefaultRelease()
+# extensions or features to the system. We are setting this to for_kvm()
+# to enable KVM simulation.
+release = ArmDefaultRelease.for_kvm()
 
 # The platform sets up the memory ranges of all the on-chip and off-chip
 # devices present on the ARM system. ARM KVM only works with VExpress_GEM5_V1
diff --git a/src/python/gem5/components/boards/arm_board.py b/src/python/gem5/components/boards/arm_board.py
index d4028e4d71..0a0cd2fa28 100644
--- a/src/python/gem5/components/boards/arm_board.py
+++ b/src/python/gem5/components/boards/arm_board.py
@@ -113,13 +113,8 @@ class ArmBoard(ArmSystem, AbstractBoard, KernelDiskWorkload):
         requires(isa_required=ISA.ARM)
 
         # Setting up ARM release here. We use the ARM default release, which
-        # corresponds to an ARMv8 system. The default release is updated if
-        # the user is using any KVM cores.
+        # corresponds to an ARMv8 system.
         self.release = release
-        if any(core.is_kvm_core() for core in processor.get_cores()):
-            # KVM cores only work with VExpress_GEM5_V1()
-            if isinstance(platform, VExpress_GEM5_V1):
-                self.release = ArmDefaultRelease.for_kvm()
 
         # Setting multi_proc of ArmSystem by counting the number of processors.
         if processor.get_num_cores() == 1: