diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-opts b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-opts
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--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-opts
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-          -device virtio-serial \
-          -chardev socket,id=charconsole0,path=/tmp/nixos-socket,server,nowait \
-          #-device virtconsole,chardev=charconsole0,id=console0 \
-          -device virtserialport,chardev=chardev=charconsole0,id=serial0