diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
index e9be4b485d..d986e87963 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const defaultQemuPath = "/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64le"
 
 const defaultQemuMachineType = QemuPseries
 
-const defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,usb=off,nvdimm"
+const defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,usb=off"
 
 const defaultPCBridgeBus = "pci.0"