diff --git a/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart b/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart
index 900c6a88c..7409e4f7d 100644
--- a/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart
+++ b/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ patch_harvester_chart(){
     local harvester_chart_dir=$1
     local values_file="${harvester_chart_dir}/values.yaml"
     sed -ie "s/${kubevirt_amd_registry}/${kubevirt_arm_registry}/g" ${values_file}
+    # drop emulatedMachines from harvester chart
+    yq -i 'del(.kubevirt.spec.configuration.emulatedMachines)' ${values_file}
     version=${kubevirt_arm_version} yq -i '.kubevirt-operator.containers.operator.image.tag = env(version)' ${values_file}
 }
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