diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ca0688ce06..55c46a05276 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [#4913](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/pull/4913): Removed
+  unnecessary fields (`max_connections` and `max_pending_resets`) from the
+  snapshot format, bumping the snapshot version to 5.0.0.
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/mmds/ns.rs b/src/vmm/src/mmds/ns.rs
index 09d73b21e99..8075df8cb91 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/mmds/ns.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/mmds/ns.rs
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ impl MmdsNetworkStack {
         mac_addr: MacAddr,
         ipv4_addr: Ipv4Addr,
         tcp_port: u16,
-        max_connections: NonZeroUsize,
-        max_pending_resets: NonZeroUsize,
         mmds: Arc<Mutex<Mmds>>,
     ) -> Self {
         MmdsNetworkStack {
@@ -93,8 +91,8 @@ impl MmdsNetworkStack {
             tcp_handler: TcpIPv4Handler::new(
                 ipv4_addr,
                 tcp_port,
-                max_connections,
-                max_pending_resets,
+                NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS).unwrap(),
+                NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_RESETS).unwrap(),
             ),
             mmds,
         }
@@ -105,14 +103,7 @@ impl MmdsNetworkStack {
         let ipv4_addr = mmds_ipv4_addr.unwrap_or_else(|| Ipv4Addr::from(DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR));
 
         // The unwrap()s are safe because the given literals are greater than 0.
-        Self::new(
-            mac_addr,
-            ipv4_addr,
-            DEFAULT_TCP_PORT,
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS).unwrap(),
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_RESETS).unwrap(),
-            mmds,
-        )
+        Self::new(mac_addr, ipv4_addr, DEFAULT_TCP_PORT, mmds)
     }
 
     pub fn set_ipv4_addr(&mut self, ipv4_addr: Ipv4Addr) {
@@ -562,14 +553,8 @@ mod tests {
         let ip = Ipv4Addr::from(DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR);
         let other_ip = Ipv4Addr::new(5, 6, 7, 8);
         let mac = MacAddr::from_bytes_unchecked(&[0; 6]);
-        let mut ns = MmdsNetworkStack::new(
-            mac,
-            ip,
-            DEFAULT_TCP_PORT,
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS).unwrap(),
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_RESETS).unwrap(),
-            Arc::new(Mutex::new(Mmds::default())),
-        );
+        let mut ns =
+            MmdsNetworkStack::new_with_defaults(Some(ip), Arc::new(Mutex::new(Mmds::default())));
 
         let mut eth =
             EthernetFrame::write_incomplete(buf.as_mut(), mac, mac, ETHERTYPE_ARP).unwrap();
@@ -589,14 +574,8 @@ mod tests {
         let ip = Ipv4Addr::from(DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR);
         let other_ip = Ipv4Addr::new(5, 6, 7, 8);
         let mac = MacAddr::from_bytes_unchecked(&[0; 6]);
-        let ns = MmdsNetworkStack::new(
-            mac,
-            ip,
-            DEFAULT_TCP_PORT,
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS).unwrap(),
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_RESETS).unwrap(),
-            Arc::new(Mutex::new(Mmds::default())),
-        );
+        let ns =
+            MmdsNetworkStack::new_with_defaults(Some(ip), Arc::new(Mutex::new(Mmds::default())));
 
         let mut eth =
             EthernetFrame::write_incomplete(buf.as_mut(), mac, mac, ETHERTYPE_IPV4).unwrap();
@@ -615,14 +594,8 @@ mod tests {
         let ip = Ipv4Addr::from(DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR);
         let other_ip = Ipv4Addr::new(5, 6, 7, 8);
         let mac = MacAddr::from_bytes_unchecked(&[0; 6]);
-        let mut ns = MmdsNetworkStack::new(
-            mac,
-            ip,
-            DEFAULT_TCP_PORT,
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS).unwrap(),
-            NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_RESETS).unwrap(),
-            Arc::new(Mutex::new(Mmds::default())),
-        );
+        let mut ns =
+            MmdsNetworkStack::new_with_defaults(Some(ip), Arc::new(Mutex::new(Mmds::default())));
 
         // try IPv4 with detour_arp
         let mut eth =
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs b/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs
index dc0113f8a5c..82feff79bc8 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 //! Defines the structures needed for saving/restoring MmdsNetworkStack.
 
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
-use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ pub struct MmdsNetworkStackState {
     mac_addr: [u8; MAC_ADDR_LEN as usize],
     ipv4_addr: u32,
     tcp_port: u16,
-    max_connections: NonZeroUsize,
-    max_pending_resets: NonZeroUsize,
 }
 
 impl Persist<'_> for MmdsNetworkStack {
@@ -37,8 +34,6 @@ impl Persist<'_> for MmdsNetworkStack {
             mac_addr,
             ipv4_addr: self.ipv4_addr.into(),
             tcp_port: self.tcp_handler.local_port(),
-            max_connections: self.tcp_handler.max_connections(),
-            max_pending_resets: self.tcp_handler.max_pending_resets(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -50,8 +45,6 @@ impl Persist<'_> for MmdsNetworkStack {
             MacAddr::from_bytes_unchecked(&state.mac_addr),
             Ipv4Addr::from(state.ipv4_addr),
             state.tcp_port,
-            state.max_connections,
-            state.max_pending_resets,
             mmds,
         ))
     }
@@ -83,13 +76,5 @@ mod tests {
             restored_ns.tcp_handler.local_port(),
             ns.tcp_handler.local_port()
         );
-        assert_eq!(
-            restored_ns.tcp_handler.max_connections(),
-            ns.tcp_handler.max_connections()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            restored_ns.tcp_handler.max_pending_resets(),
-            ns.tcp_handler.max_pending_resets()
-        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/persist.rs b/src/vmm/src/persist.rs
index 16d7ed72537..5b01ed49c75 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/persist.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/persist.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub enum CreateSnapshotError {
 }
 
 /// Snapshot version
-pub const SNAPSHOT_VERSION: Version = Version::new(4, 0, 0);
+pub const SNAPSHOT_VERSION: Version = Version::new(5, 0, 0);
 
 /// Creates a Microvm snapshot.
 pub fn create_snapshot(