diff --git a/man/systemd-vmspawn.xml b/man/systemd-vmspawn.xml
index 0a61d781d3..92872233ae 100644
--- a/man/systemd-vmspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-vmspawn.xml
@@ -187,18 +187,6 @@
           <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v255"/></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
-        <varlistentry>
-          <term><option>--cxl=<replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></option></term>
-
-          <listitem><para>Controls whether to enable CXL (Compute Express Link) support in the virtual
-          machine. CXL is a high-speed interconnect standard that allows CPUs to access memory attached to
-          devices such as accelerators and memory expanders, enabling flexible memory pooling and expansion
-          beyond what is physically installed on the motherboard. Only supported on x86_64 and aarch64
-          architectures.</para>
-
-          <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v261"/></listitem>
-        </varlistentry>
-
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>--vsock=<replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></option></term>
 
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/systemd-vmspawn b/shell-completion/bash/systemd-vmspawn
index 1ca45091a7..b2b3f4f5a8 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/systemd-vmspawn
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/systemd-vmspawn
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _systemd_vmspawn() {
     local -A OPTS=(
         [STANDALONE]='-h --help --version -q --quiet --no-pager -n --network-tap --network-user-mode --user --system -x --ephemeral'
         [PATH]='-D --directory -i --image --linux --initrd --extra-drive --forward-journal --efi-nvram-template'
-        [BOOL]='--kvm --cxl --vsock --tpm --discard-disk --pass-ssh-key'
+        [BOOL]='--kvm --vsock --tpm --discard-disk --pass-ssh-key'
         [TRISTATE]='--register --secure-boot'
         [FIRMWARE]='--firmware'
         [FIRMWARE_FEATURES]='--firmware-features'
diff --git a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
index c1ae51261d..1b3558b47e 100644
--- a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
+++ b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ static uint64_t arg_ram = UINT64_C(2) * U64_GB;
 static uint64_t arg_ram_max = 0;
 static unsigned arg_ram_slots = 0;
 static int arg_kvm = -1;
-static bool arg_cxl = false;
 static int arg_vsock = -1;
 static unsigned arg_vsock_cid = VMADDR_CID_ANY;
 static int arg_tpm = -1;
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ static int help(void) {
                "                           Configure guest's RAM size (and max/slots for\n"
                "                           hotplug)\n"
                "     --kvm=BOOL            Enable use of KVM\n"
-               "     --cxl=BOOL            Enable use of CXL\n"
                "     --vsock=BOOL          Override autodetection of VSOCK support\n"
                "     --vsock-cid=CID       Specify the CID to use for the guest's VSOCK support\n"
                "     --tpm=BOOL            Enable use of a virtual TPM\n"
@@ -382,7 +380,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 ARG_CPUS,
                 ARG_RAM,
                 ARG_KVM,
-                ARG_CXL,
                 ARG_VSOCK,
                 ARG_VSOCK_CID,
                 ARG_TPM,
@@ -441,7 +438,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "ram",               required_argument, NULL, ARG_RAM               },
                 { "qemu-mem",          required_argument, NULL, ARG_RAM               }, /* Compat alias */
                 { "kvm",               required_argument, NULL, ARG_KVM               },
-                { "cxl",               required_argument, NULL, ARG_CXL               },
                 { "qemu-kvm",          required_argument, NULL, ARG_KVM               }, /* Compat alias */
                 { "vsock",             required_argument, NULL, ARG_VSOCK             },
                 { "qemu-vsock",        required_argument, NULL, ARG_VSOCK             }, /* Compat alias */
@@ -573,15 +569,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                 return r;
                         break;
 
-                case ARG_CXL:
-                        r = parse_boolean_argument("--cxl=", optarg, &arg_cxl);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                        if (arg_cxl && !ARCHITECTURE_SUPPORTS_CXL)
-                                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP),
-                                                       "CXL not supported on %s.", architecture_to_string(native_architecture()));
-                        break;
-
                 case ARG_VSOCK:
                         r = parse_tristate_argument_with_auto("--vsock=", optarg, &arg_vsock);
                         if (r < 0)
@@ -2371,7 +2358,7 @@ static int run_virtual_machine(int kvm_device_fd, int vhost_device_fd) {
                         return r;
         }
 
-        if (arg_cxl) {
+        if (ARCHITECTURE_SUPPORTS_CXL) {
                 r = qemu_config_key(config_file, "cxl", "on");
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;