diff --git a/virtualizationservice/aidl/android/system/virtualizationservice/VirtualMachinePayloadConfig.aidl b/virtualizationservice/aidl/android/system/virtualizationservice/VirtualMachinePayloadConfig.aidl
index 4d37848..ed3c512 100644
--- a/virtualizationservice/aidl/android/system/virtualizationservice/VirtualMachinePayloadConfig.aidl
+++ b/virtualizationservice/aidl/android/system/virtualizationservice/VirtualMachinePayloadConfig.aidl
@@ -22,10 +22,4 @@
      * defined entry point; inside the VM this file is loaded and the entry function invoked.
      */
     @utf8InCpp String payloadPath;
-
-    /**
-     * Command-line style arguments to be passed to the payload when it is executed.
-     * TODO(b/249064104): Remove this
-     */
-    @utf8InCpp String[] args;
 }
diff --git a/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs b/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs
index eb2bac4..bff4f36 100644
--- a/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs
+++ b/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs
@@ -661,11 +661,8 @@
     // There isn't an actual config file. Construct a synthetic VmPayloadConfig from the explicit
     // parameters we've been given. Microdroid will do something equivalent inside the VM using the
     // payload config that we send it via the metadata file.
-    let task = Task {
-        type_: TaskType::MicrodroidLauncher,
-        command: payload_config.payloadPath.clone(),
-        args: payload_config.args.clone(),
-    };
+    let task =
+        Task { type_: TaskType::MicrodroidLauncher, command: payload_config.payloadPath.clone() };
     VmPayloadConfig {
         os: OsConfig { name: MICRODROID_OS_NAME.to_owned() },
         task: Some(task),
diff --git a/virtualizationservice/src/payload.rs b/virtualizationservice/src/payload.rs
index b6df500..4190fbb 100644
--- a/virtualizationservice/src/payload.rs
+++ b/virtualizationservice/src/payload.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@
     let payload_metadata = match &app_config.payload {
         Payload::PayloadConfig(payload_config) => PayloadMetadata::config(PayloadConfig {
             payload_binary_path: payload_config.payloadPath.clone(),
-            args: payload_config.args.clone().into(),
             ..Default::default()
         }),
         Payload::ConfigPath(config_path) => {