diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
index 4e605d3..44e73a3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Standard Serial console
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0"
 # For graphics to work we need to define the VGA device as well as the necessary USB devices
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -device VGA,edid=on"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device VGA,edid=on"
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
 # Add the virtio RNG
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"