diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index a095f9d..e4abcb2 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
     (_ #f))
 
   (unless (zero?
-           (apply system* qemu "-enable-kvm" "-nographic" "-no-reboot"
+           (apply system* qemu "-nographic" "-no-reboot"
                   "-m" (number->string memory-size)
                   "-net" "nic,model=virtio"
                   "-virtfs"
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index a7c03bd..aa9c421 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ with '-virtfs' options for the host file systems listed in SHARED-FS."
                      "\" "))
 
   #~(string-append
-     " -enable-kvm -no-reboot -net nic,model=virtio \
+     " -no-reboot -net nic,model=virtio \
   " #$@(map virtfs-option shared-fs) " \
   -net user \
   -serial stdio -vga std \