diff --git a/configs/common/Options.py b/configs/common/Options.py
index 7d72d4ad30..4e696ef923 100644
--- a/configs/common/Options.py
+++ b/configs/common/Options.py
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ def addCommonOptions(parser):
                       Elastic Trace probe in a capture simulation and
                       Trace CPU in a replay simulation""", default="")
 
-    parser.add_argument("-l", "--lpae", action="store_true")
-    parser.add_argument("-V", "--virtualisation", action="store_true")
-
     # dist-gem5 options
     parser.add_argument("--dist", action="store_true",
                         help="Parallel distributed gem5 simulation.")
diff --git a/configs/example/fs.py b/configs/example/fs.py
index dab28b199d..cdb2a494dc 100644
--- a/configs/example/fs.py
+++ b/configs/example/fs.py
@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ def build_test_system(np):
     if args.script is not None:
         test_sys.readfile = args.script
 
-    if args.lpae:
-        test_sys.have_lpae = True
-
-    if args.virtualisation:
-        test_sys.have_virtualization = True
-
     test_sys.init_param = args.init_param
 
     # For now, assign all the CPUs to the same clock domain