diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index 4aa5b76c..fe407032 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RUN echo "Acquire::http { Proxy \"$APTPROXY\"; };" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01prox
 
 ########## Dapper Configuration #####################
 
-ENV DAPPER_ENV VERSION DEV_BUILD RUNTEST DEBUG APTPROXY ENGINE_REGISTRY_MIRROR KERNEL_CHECK APPEND_SYSTEM_IMAGES VMWARE_APPEND
+ENV DAPPER_ENV VERSION DEV_BUILD RUNTEST DEBUG APTPROXY ENGINE_REGISTRY_MIRROR KERNEL_CHECK APPEND_SYSTEM_IMAGES
 ENV DAPPER_DOCKER_SOCKET true
 ENV DAPPER_SOURCE /go/src/github.com/rancher/os
 ENV DAPPER_OUTPUT ./bin ./dist ./build/initrd ./build/kernel
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa1327c8..362213c6 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ rpi64: .dapper
 vmware: .dapper
 	mkdir -p dist
 	APPEND_SYSTEM_IMAGES="rancher/os-openvmtools:10.2.5-3" \
-	VMWARE_APPEND="console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200n8 printk.devkmsg=on rancher.autologin=tty1 rancher.autologin=ttyS0 rancher.autologin=ttyS1 panic=10" \
 	./.dapper release-vmware 2>&1 | tee dist/release.log
 
 hyperv: .dapper
diff --git a/scripts/release-vmware b/scripts/release-vmware
index 83a514e9..5e6c6fd5 100755
--- a/scripts/release-vmware
+++ b/scripts/release-vmware
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ if [ "$VMWARE_AUTOFORMAT" = 1 ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-if [ "$VMWARE_APPEND" != "" ]; then
-    echo "--append ${VMWARE_APPEND}"
-    APPEND_PARAM="--append \"${VMWARE_APPEND}\""
-fi
-
 mkdir -p /tmp/dist/openstack/latest ./dist/vmware
 
 cat > /tmp/dist/openstack/latest/user_data << EOF
@@ -39,7 +34,6 @@ sleep 5
 openvt -s -- tail -f log &
 ros install \
     -d /dev/vda \
-    ${APPEND_PARAM} \
     -f \
     --no-reboot >log 2>&1