diff --git a/cloud/cloud.xml b/cloud/cloud.xml
index 4370b65..cd843a4 100644
--- a/cloud/cloud.xml
+++ b/cloud/cloud.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <type image="oem" format="qcow2"
       filesystem="xfs"
       bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="1000" bootfilesystem="xfs" efipartsize="100" firmware="uefi"
-      kernelcmdline="root=LABEL=rocky console=ttyS0,115200n8 no_timer_check crashkernel=auto net.ifnames=0"
+      kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0,115200n8 no_timer_check crashkernel=auto net.ifnames=0"
       devicepersistency="by-label"
       rootfs_label="rocky">
       <oemconfig>