diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index fa2a62d..3de1ec8 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function vm_boot() {
     -drive id=disk,file=${disk_img},format=qcow2,if=virtio,aio=native,cache.direct=on \
     ${ISO_BOOT} ${ISO_DRIVER} \
     -enable-kvm \
-    -machine q35,accel=kvm \
+    -machine q35 \
     -cpu host,kvm=on \
     -smp ${CORES_VM} \
     -m ${RAM_VM} \