diff --git a/variants/aws-mantle-1-fips/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-mantle-1-fips/Cargo.toml
index 2b58afaa848..451a7d119ea 100644
--- a/variants/aws-mantle-1-fips/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-mantle-1-fips/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ kernel-parameters = [
     "net.ifnames=0",
     "netdog.default-interface=eth0:dhcp4,dhcp6?",
     "quiet",
-    "fips=1",
-    "module_blacklist=i8042",
 ]
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia-fips/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia-fips/Cargo.toml
index 51102b7e5be..2f8818e6e01 100644
--- a/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia-fips/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia-fips/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ kernel-parameters = [
     "net.ifnames=0",
     "netdog.default-interface=eth0:dhcp4,dhcp6?",
     "quiet",
-    "fips=1",
-    "module_blacklist=i8042",
     # Keep GPU HBM under NVIDIA driver management instead of onlining it to the
     # OS as a NUMA node, so Linux does not allocate general system memory into
     # the GPU's coherent memory on Grace-class platforms. Default is "numa".
diff --git a/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia/Cargo.toml
index 80fc07a9089..032512536e8 100644
--- a/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-mantle-1-nvidia/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ kernel-parameters = [
     "net.ifnames=0",
     "netdog.default-interface=eth0:dhcp4,dhcp6?",
     "quiet",
-    "module_blacklist=i8042",
     # Keep GPU HBM under NVIDIA driver management instead of onlining it to the
     # OS as a NUMA node, so Linux does not allocate general system memory into
     # the GPU's coherent memory on Grace-class platforms. Default is "numa".
diff --git a/variants/aws-mantle-1/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-mantle-1/Cargo.toml
index 4372727158c..6a0ff9b87c9 100644
--- a/variants/aws-mantle-1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-mantle-1/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ kernel-parameters = [
     "net.ifnames=0",
     "netdog.default-interface=eth0:dhcp4,dhcp6?",
     "quiet",
-    "module_blacklist=i8042",
 ]
 
 [lib]