diff --git a/recipes-extended/libvirt/files/libvirtd.service.fragment b/recipes-extended/libvirt/files/libvirtd.service.fragment
index 94b80731..514d9c67 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libvirt/files/libvirtd.service.fragment
+++ b/recipes-extended/libvirt/files/libvirtd.service.fragment
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd
 # Sandboxing
 PrivateTmp=yes
 NoNewPrivileges=true
-ProtectKernelModules=yes
 ProtectKernelTunables=no
 ProtectControlGroups=no
 RestrictSUIDSGID=true