diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs
index 5f97a8067d..0677c9977e 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ impl KernelParams {
         self.params.push(new_param);
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn remove_all_by_key(&mut self, key: String) {
+        // Remove all params with the given key from the vector
+        self.params.retain(|param| param.key != key);
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn from_string(params_string: &str) -> Self {
         let mut params = vec![];
 
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs
index 4695da4a0b..a307db70e3 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs
@@ -2142,6 +2142,21 @@ impl<'a> QemuCmdLine<'a> {
         self.machine
             .set_confidential_guest_support("pv0")
             .set_nvdimm(false);
+
+        self.kernel.params.remove_all_by_key("reboot".to_string());
+        self.kernel
+            .params
+            .remove_all_by_key("systemd.unit".to_string());
+        self.kernel
+            .params
+            .remove_all_by_key("systemd.mask".to_string());
+        self.kernel.params.remove_all_by_key("root".to_string());
+        self.kernel
+            .params
+            .remove_all_by_key("rootflags".to_string());
+        self.kernel
+            .params
+            .remove_all_by_key("rootfstype".to_string());
     }
 
     pub fn add_sev_protection_device(&mut self, cbitpos: u32, firmware: &str) {