diff --git a/tests/hexloader-test.c b/tests/hexloader-test.c
index 834ed52c22..8b7aa2d72d 100644
--- a/tests/hexloader-test.c
+++ b/tests/hexloader-test.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void hex_loader_test(void)
     const unsigned int base_addr = 0x00010000;
 
     QTestState *s = qtest_initf(
-        "-M vexpress-a9 -nographic -device loader,file=tests/data/hex-loader/test.hex");
+        "-M vexpress-a9 -device loader,file=tests/data/hex-loader/test.hex");
 
     for (i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
         uint8_t val = qtest_readb(s, base_addr + i);