diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml
index f4f663b84f05..f70f08a0f8a7 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
        switch</command>), because the hardware and boot loader configuration in
        the VM are different. The boot loader is installed on an automatically
        generated virtual disk containing a <filename>/boot</filename>
-       partition, which is mounted read-only in the VM.
+       partition.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
index 5a502c361808..975b131d265d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
@@ -630,7 +630,6 @@ in
       { "/boot" =
           { device = "${lookupDriveDeviceName "boot" cfg.qemu.drives}2";
             fsType = "vfat";
-            options = [ "ro" ];
             noCheck = true; # fsck fails on a r/o filesystem
           };
       });