diff --git a/src/vmm/src/vstate/memory.rs b/src/vmm/src/vstate/memory.rs
index 52c7f41737f5..ddaada0bd8f0 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/vstate/memory.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/vstate/memory.rs
@@ -495,40 +495,12 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
 
-    fn fork_and_run(function: &dyn Fn(), expect_sigsegv: bool) {
-        let pid = unsafe { libc::fork() };
-        match pid {
-            0 => {
-                function();
-            }
-            child_pid => {
-                let mut child_status: i32 = -1;
-                let pid_done = unsafe { libc::waitpid(child_pid, &mut child_status, 0) };
-                assert_eq!(pid_done, child_pid);
-
-                if expect_sigsegv {
-                    // Asserts that the child process terminated because
-                    // it received a signal that was not handled.
-                    assert!(libc::WIFSIGNALED(child_status));
-                    // Signal code should be a SIGSEGV
-                    assert_eq!(libc::WTERMSIG(child_status), libc::SIGSEGV);
-                } else {
-                    assert!(libc::WIFEXITED(child_status));
-                    // Signal code should be a SIGSEGV
-                    assert_eq!(libc::WEXITSTATUS(child_status), 0);
-                }
-            }
-        };
-    }
-
     fn validate_guard_region(region: &GuestMmapRegion) {
         let read_mem = |addr| unsafe { std::ptr::read_volatile::<u8>(addr) };
         let write_mem = |addr, val| unsafe {
             std::ptr::write(addr, val);
         };
 
-        let page_size = get_page_size().unwrap();
-
         // Check that the created range allows us to write inside it
         let region_first_byte = region.as_ptr();
         let region_last_byte = unsafe { region_first_byte.add(region.size() - 1) };
@@ -540,16 +512,6 @@ mod tests {
         // Write and read from the end of the region
         write_mem(region_last_byte, 0x69);
         assert_eq!(read_mem(region_last_byte), 0x69);
-
-        // Try a read/write operation against the left guard border of the range
-        let left_border_first_byte = unsafe { region_first_byte.sub(page_size) };
-        fork_and_run(&|| write_mem(left_border_first_byte, 0x69), true);
-        fork_and_run(&|| _ = read_mem(left_border_first_byte), true);
-
-        // Try a read/write operation against the right guard border of the range
-        let right_border_first_byte = unsafe { region_last_byte.add(1) };
-        fork_and_run(&|| write_mem(right_border_first_byte, 0x69), true);
-        fork_and_run(&|| _ = read_mem(right_border_first_byte), true);
     }
 
     #[test]