diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
index 3162e7a..4162c4e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # QB_SYSTEM_NAME: qemu name, e.g., "qemu-system-i386"
 #
-# QB_OPT_APPEND: options to append to qemu, e.g., "-show-cursor"
+# QB_OPT_APPEND: options to append to qemu, e.g., "-device usb-mouse"
 #
 # QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL: default kernel to boot, e.g., "bzImage"
 #
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 QB_SERIAL_OPT ?= "-serial mon:stdio -serial null"
 QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL ?= "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}"
 QB_DEFAULT_FSTYPE ?= "ext4"
-QB_OPT_APPEND ?= "-show-cursor"
+QB_OPT_APPEND ?= ""
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE ?= "-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
 QB_CMDLINE_IP_SLIRP ?= "ip=dhcp"
 QB_CMDLINE_IP_TAP ?= "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0"