diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc b/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
index 5dcc8b6..ccc6dcd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 QB_AUDIO_DRV = "alsa"
 QB_AUDIO_OPT = "-soundhw ac97,es1370"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "oprofile.timer=1"
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"