diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf
index d5dc4b4..411e6ca 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ do_image_wic[depends] += "mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot dosfstools-native:do
 do_image_wic[recrdeptask] += "do_bootimg"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyO0 115200;ttyAMA0"
-SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "${SERIAL_CONSOLES}"
 APPEND:append = " console=ttyS0,115200"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf
index 1985384..45cfaab 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 require include/coreos-generic-arch/x64.inc
 require include/coreos-generic-machine/vm.inc
 
-SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "ttyS0"
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-x86_64"
 
 # Currently we don't support the watchdog