diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
index 77df2ccb08f1..0f8c78dcd38c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	cpu_set(0, cpu_online_map);
 #endif
-	/* default console: */
-	if (!strstr(saved_command_line, "console="))
-		strcat(saved_command_line, " console=tty0"); 
 	s = strstr(saved_command_line, "earlyprintk=");
 	if (s != NULL)
 		setup_early_printk(s);