diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index f2b6b71b4d..861f2a427a 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ with '-virtfs' options for the host file systems listed in SHARED-FS."
             '())
 
      "-no-reboot"
-     "-nic" "user,model=virtio-net-pci"
      "-object" "rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=guixsd-vm-rng"
      "-device" "virtio-rng-pci,rng=guixsd-vm-rng"