diff --git a/c7testvm.py b/c7testvm.py
index f3678cd..7fb6ae1 100755
--- a/c7testvm.py
+++ b/c7testvm.py
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ def main():
         'cpu': args.cpu,
         'location': args.location,
         'extra-args': kcmdline,
-        'os-type': 'linux',
         'os-variant': 'rhel7',
         'disk': 'pool={pool},size={size}'.format(
             pool=args.disk_pool,