diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
index c5234231e2e..aa9ce882035 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-arm"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine virt,highmem=off"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu cortex-a15"
 QB_SMP ?= "-smp 4"
-# Standard Serial console
-QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "vmalloc=256"
 # For graphics to work we need to define the VGA device as well as the necessary USB devices
 QB_GRAPHICS = "-device virtio-gpu-pci"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
index 6e59e42c3ab..ef1b4ece230 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyAMA0 115200;ttyAMA1"
 # For runqemu
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-arm"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine versatilepb"
-QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "vmalloc=256"
 QB_GRAPHICS = "-device virtio-gpu-pci"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
 QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"