diff --git a/.mkosi/mkosi.fedora b/.mkosi/mkosi.fedora
index 7d07140e6e8..01bfd2338bb 100644
--- a/.mkosi/mkosi.fedora
+++ b/.mkosi/mkosi.fedora
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Release=31
[Output]
Format=gpt_ext4
Bootable=yes
-KernelCommandLine=printk.devkmsg=on
[Partitions]
RootSize=3G
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index afbbe64bb85..e24c420ab00 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@
TTYPath=, described below.
When forwarding to the kernel log buffer (kmsg), make sure to select a suitably large size for
- the log buffer, and ensure the kernel's rate-limiting applied to userspace processes is turned
- off. Specifically, add log_buf_len=8M and printk.devkmsg=on (or
- similar) to the kernel command line.
+ the log buffer, for example by adding log_buf_len=8M to the kernel command line.
+ systemd will automatically disable kernel's rate-limiting applied to userspace
+ processes (equivalent to setting printk.devkmsg=on).
diff --git a/test/mkosi.default.networkd-test b/test/mkosi.default.networkd-test
index 58af352f6f2..6032c33c3ae 100644
--- a/test/mkosi.default.networkd-test
+++ b/test/mkosi.default.networkd-test
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Release=29
[Output]
Format=raw_btrfs
Bootable=yes
-KernelCommandLine=printk.devkmsg=on
OutputDirectory=../mkosi.output
Output=networkd-test.raw
diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 1bba8e429bf..e4ec4f025f2 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ loglevel=2 \
init=$PATH_TO_INIT \
console=$CONSOLE \
selinux=0 \
-printk.devkmsg=on \
$_cgroup_args \
$KERNEL_APPEND \
"