diff --git a/platforms.cmake b/platforms.cmake
index 21d93bce6a..90c01d39b0 100644
--- a/platforms.cmake
+++ b/platforms.cmake
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ if(SUPPORT_GEN8)
   if(SUPPORT_BDW)
     ADD_PLATFORM_FOR_GEN("SUPPORTED" "GEN8" "BDW" "CORE")
     ADD_PLATFORM_FOR_GEN("SUPPORTED_2_0" "GEN8" "BDW" "CORE")
-    ADD_PLATFORM_FOR_GEN("SUPPORTED_VME" "GEN8" "BDW" "CORE")
     if(TESTS_BDW)
       ADD_ITEM_FOR_GEN("PLATFORMS" "TESTED" "GEN8" "BDW")
       ADD_ITEM_FOR_GEN("PLATFORMS" "TESTED_APPVERIFIER" "GEN8" "BDW")
diff --git a/runtime/gen8/hw_info_bdw.inl b/runtime/gen8/hw_info_bdw.inl
index 5d30ddf0a7..dbdfb28fb9 100644
--- a/runtime/gen8/hw_info_bdw.inl
+++ b/runtime/gen8/hw_info_bdw.inl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const RuntimeCapabilityTable BDW::capabilityTable{
     true,                                          // forceStatelessCompilationFor32Bit
     "core",                                        // platformType
     false,                                         // sourceLevelDebuggerSupported
-    true,                                          // supportsVme
+    false,                                         // supportsVme
     false,                                         // supportCacheFlushAfterWalker
     true,                                          // supportsImages
     true                                           // supportsDeviceEnqueue
diff --git a/unit_tests/gen8/bdw/test_hw_info_config_bdw.cpp b/unit_tests/gen8/bdw/test_hw_info_config_bdw.cpp
index 28f996d03a..05b996229a 100644
--- a/unit_tests/gen8/bdw/test_hw_info_config_bdw.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/gen8/bdw/test_hw_info_config_bdw.cpp
@@ -100,3 +100,13 @@ BDWTEST_F(BdwHwInfo, givenBoolWhenCallBdwHardwareInfoSetupThenFeatureTableAndWor
         }
     }
 }
+
+BDWTEST_F(BdwHwInfo, givenHwInfoConfigStringThenAfterSetupResultingVmeIsDisabled) {
+    HardwareInfo hwInfo;
+
+    std::string strConfig = "default";
+    hardwareInfoSetup[productFamily](&hwInfo, false, strConfig);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(hwInfo.capabilityTable.ftrSupportsVmeAvcTextureSampler);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(hwInfo.capabilityTable.ftrSupportsVmeAvcPreemption);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(hwInfo.capabilityTable.supportsVme);
+}
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