diff --git a/include/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.h b/include/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.h
index a0673f5f59..9101c94978 100644
--- a/include/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.h
+++ b/include/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ typedef struct MicrochipPFSoCState {
     DeviceState parent_obj;
 
     /*< public >*/
-    CPUClusterState e_cluster;
-    CPUClusterState u_cluster;
     RISCVHartArrayState e_cpus;
     RISCVHartArrayState u_cpus;
     DeviceState *plic;
diff --git a/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h b/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h
index 8f63a183c4..5439e0d0c3 100644
--- a/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h
+++ b/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ typedef struct SiFiveUSoCState {
     DeviceState parent_obj;
 
     /*< public >*/
-    CPUClusterState e_cluster;
-    CPUClusterState u_cluster;
     RISCVHartArrayState e_cpus;
     RISCVHartArrayState u_cpus;
     DeviceState *plic;
diff --git a/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.c b/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.c
index 82547a53e6..f4b1400ba5 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.c
@@ -133,23 +133,15 @@ static void microchip_pfsoc_soc_instance_init(Object *obj)
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     MicrochipPFSoCState *s = MICROCHIP_PFSOC(obj);
 
-    object_initialize_child(obj, "e-cluster", &s->e_cluster, TYPE_CPU_CLUSTER);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cluster), "cluster-id", 0);
-
-    object_initialize_child(OBJECT(&s->e_cluster), "e-cpus", &s->e_cpus,
-                            TYPE_RISCV_HART_ARRAY);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "num-harts", 1);
+    object_initialize_child(obj, "e-cpus", &s->e_cpus, TYPE_RISCV_HART_ARRAY);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "num-cpus", 1);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "hartid-base", 0);
     qdev_prop_set_string(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "cpu-type",
                          TYPE_RISCV_CPU_SIFIVE_E51);
     qdev_prop_set_uint64(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "resetvec", RESET_VECTOR);
 
-    object_initialize_child(obj, "u-cluster", &s->u_cluster, TYPE_CPU_CLUSTER);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cluster), "cluster-id", 1);
-
-    object_initialize_child(OBJECT(&s->u_cluster), "u-cpus", &s->u_cpus,
-                            TYPE_RISCV_HART_ARRAY);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "num-harts", ms->smp.cpus - 1);
+    object_initialize_child(obj, "u-cpus", &s->u_cpus, TYPE_RISCV_HART_ARRAY);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "num-cpus", ms->smp.cpus - 1);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "hartid-base", 1);
     qdev_prop_set_string(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "cpu-type",
                          TYPE_RISCV_CPU_SIFIVE_U54);
@@ -190,16 +182,8 @@ static void microchip_pfsoc_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     NICInfo *nd;
     int i;
 
-    riscv_hart_array_realize(&s->e_cpus, &error_abort);
-    riscv_hart_array_realize(&s->u_cpus, &error_abort);
-    /*
-     * The cluster must be realized after the RISC-V hart array container,
-     * as the container's CPU object is only created on realize, and the
-     * CPU must exist and have been parented into the cluster before the
-     * cluster is realized.
-     */
-    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->e_cluster), NULL, &error_abort);
-    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->u_cluster), NULL, &error_abort);
+    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), NULL, &error_abort);
+    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), NULL, &error_abort);
 
     /* Reserved Memory at address 0 */
     memory_region_init_ram(rsvd0_mem, NULL, "microchip.pfsoc.rsvd0_mem",
diff --git a/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c b/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
index c99e92a7eb..1d9a7c5bf1 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/char/serial.h"
-#include "hw/cpu/cluster.h"
 #include "hw/misc/unimp.h"
 #include "hw/sd/sd.h"
 #include "hw/ssi/ssi.h"
@@ -786,20 +785,14 @@ static void sifive_u_soc_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
     SiFiveUSoCState *s = RISCV_U_SOC(obj);
 
-    object_initialize_child(obj, "e-cluster", &s->e_cluster, TYPE_CPU_CLUSTER);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cluster), "cluster-id", 0);
-
-    object_initialize_child(OBJECT(&s->e_cluster), "e-cpus", &s->e_cpus,
+    object_initialize_child(obj, "e-cpus", &s->e_cpus,
                             TYPE_RISCV_HART_ARRAY);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "num-harts", 1);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "num-cpus", 1);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "hartid-base", 0);
     qdev_prop_set_string(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "cpu-type", SIFIVE_E_CPU);
     qdev_prop_set_uint64(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), "resetvec", 0x1004);
 
-    object_initialize_child(obj, "u-cluster", &s->u_cluster, TYPE_CPU_CLUSTER);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cluster), "cluster-id", 1);
-
-    object_initialize_child(OBJECT(&s->u_cluster), "u-cpus", &s->u_cpus,
+    object_initialize_child(obj, "u-cpus", &s->u_cpus,
                             TYPE_RISCV_HART_ARRAY);
 
     object_initialize_child(obj, "prci", &s->prci, TYPE_SIFIVE_U_PRCI);
@@ -825,21 +818,13 @@ static void sifive_u_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     int i, j;
     NICInfo *nd = &nd_table[0];
 
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "num-harts", ms->smp.cpus - 1);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "num-cpus", ms->smp.cpus - 1);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "hartid-base", 1);
     qdev_prop_set_string(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "cpu-type", s->cpu_type);
     qdev_prop_set_uint64(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), "resetvec", 0x1004);
 
-    riscv_hart_array_realize(&s->e_cpus, &error_abort);
-    riscv_hart_array_realize(&s->u_cpus, &error_abort);
-    /*
-     * The cluster must be realized after the RISC-V hart array container,
-     * as the container's CPU object is only created on realize, and the
-     * CPU must exist and have been parented into the cluster before the
-     * cluster is realized.
-     */
-    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->e_cluster), NULL, &error_abort);
-    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->u_cluster), NULL, &error_abort);
+    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->e_cpus), NULL, &error_abort);
+    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->u_cpus), NULL, &error_abort);
 
     /* boot rom */
     memory_region_init_rom(mask_rom, OBJECT(dev), "riscv.sifive.u.mrom",
