diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
index e2a05a09d0c..0db0f4d0dcc 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ in {
 
     sizeMB = mkOption {
       type = with types; either (enum [ "auto" ]) int;
-      default = if config.ec2.hvm then 2048 else 8192;
+      default = 2048;
       example = 8192;
       description = lib.mdDoc "The size in MB of the image";
     };
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ in {
       ''
         { modulesPath, ... }: {
           imports = [ "''${modulesPath}/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix" ];
-          ${optionalString config.ec2.hvm ''
-            ec2.hvm = true;
-          ''}
           ${optionalString config.ec2.efi ''
             ec2.efi = true;
           ''}
@@ -129,9 +126,7 @@ in {
       pkgs = import ../../../.. { inherit (pkgs) system; }; # ensure we use the regular qemu-kvm package
 
       fsType = "ext4";
-      partitionTableType = if config.ec2.efi then "efi"
-                           else if config.ec2.hvm then "legacy+gpt"
-                           else "none";
+      partitionTableType = if config.ec2.efi then "efi" else "legacy+gpt";
 
       diskSize = cfg.sizeMB;
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index 12fe6fa4447..9de863967e4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ in
   config = {
 
     assertions = [
-      { assertion = cfg.hvm;
-        message = "Paravirtualized EC2 instances are no longer supported.";
-      }
-      { assertion = cfg.efi -> cfg.hvm;
-        message = "EC2 instances using EFI must be HVM instances.";
-      }
       { assertion = versionOlder config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.version "5.17";
         message = "ENA driver fails to build with kernel >= 5.17";
       }
     ];
 
-    boot.growPartition = cfg.hvm;
+    boot.growPartition = true;
 
     fileSystems."/" = mkIf (!cfg.zfs.enable) {
       device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos";
@@ -66,7 +60,7 @@ in
     ];
     boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "xen-blkfront" "xen-netfront" ];
     boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "ixgbevf" "ena" "nvme" ];
-    boot.kernelParams = mkIf cfg.hvm [ "console=ttyS0,115200n8" "random.trust_cpu=on" ];
+    boot.kernelParams = [ "console=ttyS0,115200n8" "random.trust_cpu=on" ];
 
     # Prevent the nouveau kernel module from being loaded, as it
     # interferes with the nvidia/nvidia-uvm modules needed for CUDA.
@@ -74,10 +68,7 @@ in
     # boot.
     boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [ "nouveau" "xen_fbfront" ];
 
-    # Generate a GRUB menu.  Amazon's pv-grub uses this to boot our kernel/initrd.
-    boot.loader.grub.version = if cfg.hvm then 2 else 1;
-    boot.loader.grub.device = if (cfg.hvm && !cfg.efi) then "/dev/xvda" else "nodev";
-    boot.loader.grub.extraPerEntryConfig = mkIf (!cfg.hvm) "root (hd0)";
+    boot.loader.grub.device = if cfg.efi then "nodev" else "/dev/xvda";
     boot.loader.grub.efiSupport = cfg.efi;
     boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable = cfg.efi;
     boot.loader.timeout = 1;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-options.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-options.nix
index 227f3e433c1..915bbf9763d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-options.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-options.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 let
   inherit (lib) literalExpression types;
 in {
+  imports = [
+    (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule [ "ec2" "hvm" ] "Only HVM instances are supported, so specifying it is no longer necessary.")
+  ];
   options = {
     ec2 = {
       zfs = {
@@ -41,13 +44,6 @@ in {
           });
         };
       };
-      hvm = lib.mkOption {
-        default = lib.versionAtLeast config.system.stateVersion "17.03";
-        internal = true;
-        description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          Whether the EC2 instance is a HVM instance.
-        '';
-      };
       efi = lib.mkOption {
         default = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64;
         defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64";
diff --git a/nixos/tests/ec2.nix b/nixos/tests/ec2.nix
index aa3c2b7051f..e649761d029 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ec2.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/ec2.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ let
       ../modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix
       ../modules/profiles/qemu-guest.nix
       {
-        ec2.hvm = true;
-
         # Hack to make the partition resizing work in QEMU.
         boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = mkBefore ''
           ln -s vda /dev/xvda