diff --git a/hydra/modules/sysadmin/build-machines.scm b/hydra/modules/sysadmin/build-machines.scm
index 08aef96..4b68f67 100644
--- a/hydra/modules/sysadmin/build-machines.scm
+++ b/hydra/modules/sysadmin/build-machines.scm
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ Match Address 141.80.167.131
                                     ;; 6G should be enough to build 'hello'
                                     (disk-size (* 12000 (expt 2 20))) ;12G
                                     (memory-size (* 4 1024)) ;4GiB
-                                    (options '("--cpu" "base" "--snapshot"))
                                     (net-options
                                      (childhurd-net-options this-record))))))