diff --git a/config/peerpods/podvm/azure-podvm-image-cm.yaml b/config/peerpods/podvm/azure-podvm-image-cm.yaml
index 6070c506..87c5a2fa 100644
--- a/config/peerpods/podvm/azure-podvm-image-cm.yaml
+++ b/config/peerpods/podvm/azure-podvm-image-cm.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,3 @@ data:
    [[customizations.filesystem]]
    mountpoint = "/var/kata-containers"
    minsize = "15 GiB"
-   
-   [customizations.kernel]
-   append = "selinux=0 enforcing=0 audit=0"
diff --git a/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/config.toml b/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/config.toml
index 9e570f67..fa1f901d 100644
--- a/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/config.toml
+++ b/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/config.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,3 @@ minsize = "5 GiB"
 [[customizations.filesystem]]
 mountpoint = "/var/kata-containers"
 minsize = "15 GiB"
-
-[customizations.kernel]
-append = "selinux=0 enforcing=0 audit=0"
diff --git a/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/usr/lib/bootc/install/00-kargs.toml b/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/usr/lib/bootc/install/00-kargs.toml
index 6f7c016b..a97d8a28 100644
--- a/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/usr/lib/bootc/install/00-kargs.toml
+++ b/config/peerpods/podvm/bootc/usr/lib/bootc/install/00-kargs.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [install.filesystem.root]
-type = "ext4"
+type = "xfs"
 [install]
-kargs = [ "console=ttyS0", "selinux=0", "enforcing=0", "audit=0"]
+kargs = ["console=ttyS0"]
 match-architectures = ["x86_64"]