diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index e4b663b37ad67430cdf9262c58c84c4dbf6a235d..32322b27e6492d5d26b7f7ec83f3e9cea947267f 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -594,8 +594,7 @@ (define etc-rpc
            (boot    (add-text-to-store store "boot"
                                        (object->string
                                         `(execl ,dmd-file "dmd"
-                                                "--config" ,dmd-conf))
-                                       (list out)))
+                                                "--config" ,dmd-conf))))
            (entries  (list (menu-entry
                             (label (string-append
                                     "GNU System with Linux-Libre "