diff --git a/modules/microvm/sysvms/appvm-base.nix b/modules/microvm/sysvms/appvm-base.nix
index 0bfe5762cb..1cec92b091 100644
--- a/modules/microvm/sysvms/appvm-base.nix
+++ b/modules/microvm/sysvms/appvm-base.nix
@@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ in
         vcpu = lib.mkDefault (vm.vcpu or 4);
         hypervisor = "qemu";
 
-        virtiofsd.extraArgs = [ "--cache=always" ];
-
         shares = [
           {
             tag = "ghaf-common";
diff --git a/modules/microvm/sysvms/audiovm-base.nix b/modules/microvm/sysvms/audiovm-base.nix
index 358346d16d..15566a0356 100644
--- a/modules/microvm/sysvms/audiovm-base.nix
+++ b/modules/microvm/sysvms/audiovm-base.nix
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ in
     mem = lib.mkDefault 384;
     hypervisor = "qemu";
 
-    virtiofsd.extraArgs = [ "--cache=always" ];
-
     shares = [
       {
         tag = "ghaf-common";
diff --git a/modules/microvm/sysvms/guivm-base.nix b/modules/microvm/sysvms/guivm-base.nix
index 9a957525dd..7800fa502d 100644
--- a/modules/microvm/sysvms/guivm-base.nix
+++ b/modules/microvm/sysvms/guivm-base.nix
@@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ in
     mem = lib.mkDefault 12288;
     hypervisor = "qemu";
 
-    virtiofsd.extraArgs = [ "--cache=always" ];
-
     shares = [
       {
         tag = "ghaf-common";
diff --git a/modules/microvm/sysvms/netvm-base.nix b/modules/microvm/sysvms/netvm-base.nix
index ab68c08b4d..0dce623d98 100644
--- a/modules/microvm/sysvms/netvm-base.nix
+++ b/modules/microvm/sysvms/netvm-base.nix
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ in
     mem = lib.mkDefault 1024;
     hypervisor = "qemu";
 
-    virtiofsd.extraArgs = [ "--cache=always" ];
-
     shares = [
       {
         tag = "ghaf-common";