diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ec59effca2..91278667ea 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3232,7 +3232,6 @@ tracetool_depends = files(
   'scripts/tracetool/format/log_stap.py',
   'scripts/tracetool/format/stap.py',
   'scripts/tracetool/__init__.py',
-  'scripts/tracetool/vcpu.py'
 )
 
 qemu_version_cmd = [find_program('scripts/qemu-version.sh'),
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
index b887540a55..7237abe0e8 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
@@ -306,13 +306,7 @@ def build(line_str, lineno, filename):
             fmt = [fmt_trans, fmt]
         args = Arguments.build(groups["args"])
 
-        event = Event(name, props, fmt, args, lineno, filename)
-
-        # add implicit arguments when using the 'vcpu' property
-        import tracetool.vcpu
-        event = tracetool.vcpu.transform_event(event)
-
-        return event
+        return Event(name, props, fmt, args, lineno, filename)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         """Evaluable string representation for this object."""
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/vcpu.py b/scripts/tracetool/vcpu.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d232cb1d06..0000000000
--- a/scripts/tracetool/vcpu.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-"""
-Generic management for the 'vcpu' property.
-
-"""
-
-__author__     = "Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>"
-__copyright__  = "Copyright 2016, Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>"
-__license__    = "GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version"
-
-__maintainer__ = "Stefan Hajnoczi"
-__email__      = "stefanha@redhat.com"
-
-
-from tracetool import Arguments, try_import
-
-
-def transform_event(event):
-    """Transform event to comply with the 'vcpu' property (if present)."""
-    if "vcpu" in event.properties:
-        event.args = Arguments([("void *", "__cpu"), event.args])
-        fmt = "\"cpu=%p \""
-        event.fmt = fmt + event.fmt
-    return event
-
-
-def transform_args(format, event, *args, **kwargs):
-    """Transforms the arguments to suit the specified format.
-
-    The format module must implement function 'vcpu_args', which receives the
-    implicit arguments added by the 'vcpu' property, and must return suitable
-    arguments for the given format.
-
-    The function is only called for events with the 'vcpu' property.
-
-    Parameters
-    ==========
-    format : str
-        Format module name.
-    event : Event
-    args, kwargs
-        Passed to 'vcpu_transform_args'.
-
-    Returns
-    =======
-    Arguments
-        The transformed arguments, including the non-implicit ones.
-
-    """
-    if "vcpu" in event.properties:
-        ok, func = try_import("tracetool.format." + format,
-                              "vcpu_transform_args")
-        assert ok
-        assert func
-        return Arguments([func(event.args[:1], *args, **kwargs),
-                          event.args[1:]])
-    else:
-        return event.args