diff --git a/src/grub2/grub-static-pre.cfg b/src/grub2/grub-static-pre.cfg
index 8ebab325..7784834d 100644
--- a/src/grub2/grub-static-pre.cfg
+++ b/src/grub2/grub-static-pre.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # This file is copied from https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/blob/main/src/grub.cfg
 # Changes:
 #   - Dropped Ignition glue, that can be injected into platform.cfg
-set pager=1
 # petitboot doesn't support -e and doesn't support an empty path part
 if [ -d (md/md-boot)/grub2 ]; then
   # fcct currently creates /boot RAID with superblock 1.0, which allows