diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-azure/files/grub.cfg b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-azure/files/grub.cfg
index 752aa3277b..dfd0032712 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-azure/files/grub.cfg
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-azure/files/grub.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set oem_id="azure"
 
 # Azure only has a serial console.
-set linux_console="console=ttyS0,115200n8 earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200 systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes"
+set linux_console="console=ttyS0,115200n8 earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200"
 serial com0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no
 terminal_input serial_com0
 terminal_output serial_com0
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg
index 477b1ce83f..1d5517e5ed 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set oem_id="ec2"
 
 # Blacklist the Xen framebuffer module so it doesn't get loaded at boot
 # Disable `ens3` style names, so eth0 is used for both ixgbevf or xen.
-set linux_append="modprobe.blacklist=xen_fbfront net.ifnames=0 systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes"
+set linux_append="modprobe.blacklist=xen_fbfront net.ifnames=0"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/grub.cfg b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/grub.cfg
index 74020d1caf..06cfe63351 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/grub.cfg
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/grub.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set oem_id="gce"
 
 # GCE only has a serial console.
-set linux_append="systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes"
 set linux_console="console=ttyS0,115200n8"
 serial com0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no
 terminal_input serial_com0