diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
index 39e76febeb940394e41aa171abf5761375d0c244..e3506bf8bf817126ef0d21bfa573e8006278c6bf 100644
--- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ (define script
 
           (apply execl (string-append #$xorg-server "/bin/X")
                  (string-append #$xorg-server "/bin/X") ;argv[0]
-                 "-ac" "-logverbose" "-verbose"
+                 "-logverbose" "-verbose"
                  "-xkbdir" (string-append #$xkeyboard-config "/share/X11/xkb")
                  "-config" #$config
                  "-nolisten" "tcp" "-terminate"