@olivierlambert thank you! I did a little digging, but I could be looking at the wrong place, according to: https://github.com/xcp-ng/qemu-dp/blob/master/qemu-options.hx there is an option vga: none DEF("vga", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vga, "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|qxl|xenfb|tcx|cg3|virtio|none]\n" " select video card type\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) SRST -vga type ... none Disable VGA card. I tried setting this manually via "xe vm-param-set platform:vga=none " and I still get Cirrus PCI device created in the VM Is there something else that needs to be done to have no virtual VGA in the VM at all?