diff --git a/list-x11.sh b/list-x11.sh
index 05b8192..69bdb54 100644
--- a/list-x11.sh
+++ b/list-x11.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ buildignore libvulkan_radeon
 buildignore man
 buildignore groff
 buildignore libqt5-qttranslations
+buildignore plymouth
 
 # tumbler -> libgepup uses libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, while epiphany uses libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0.
 # We can't have both, too big.
diff --git a/livecd-leap-gnome.kiwi b/livecd-leap-gnome.kiwi
index 2cb72ff..a37f2fd 100644
--- a/livecd-leap-gnome.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-leap-gnome.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
diff --git a/livecd-leap-kde.kiwi b/livecd-leap-kde.kiwi
index 9933d03..4d2d68f 100644
--- a/livecd-leap-kde.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-leap-kde.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
diff --git a/livecd-leap-x11.kiwi b/livecd-leap-x11.kiwi
index 16fc785..26ac8e4 100644
--- a/livecd-leap-x11.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-leap-x11.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@
     <ignore name="groff"/>
     <package name="aaa_base" replaces="libqt5-qttranslations"/>
     <ignore name="libqt5-qttranslations"/>
+    <package name="aaa_base" replaces="plymouth"/>
+    <ignore name="plymouth"/>
     <package name="aaa_base" replaces="tumbler"/>
     <ignore name="tumbler"/>
     <package name="aaa_base" replaces="cyrus-sasl"/>
diff --git a/livecd-leap-xfce.kiwi b/livecd-leap-xfce.kiwi
index 210fe27..f69862c 100644
--- a/livecd-leap-xfce.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-leap-xfce.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Leap_%OS_VERSION_ID%_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
diff --git a/livecd-openSUSE.changes b/livecd-openSUSE.changes
index 455d007..e5fed80 100644
--- a/livecd-openSUSE.changes
+++ b/livecd-openSUSE.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct  7 07:20:17 UTC 2021 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- list-x11: Drop plymouth
+- Set systemd.show_status=yes to have some boot progress output
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  5 11:05:29 UTC 2021 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/livecd-tumbleweed-gnome.kiwi b/livecd-tumbleweed-gnome.kiwi
index 7fb9d57..5150748 100644
--- a/livecd-tumbleweed-gnome.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-tumbleweed-gnome.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_GNOME_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
diff --git a/livecd-tumbleweed-kde.kiwi b/livecd-tumbleweed-kde.kiwi
index 6ea343d..f2a016a 100644
--- a/livecd-tumbleweed-kde.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-tumbleweed-kde.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_KDE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
diff --git a/livecd-tumbleweed-x11.kiwi b/livecd-tumbleweed-x11.kiwi
index f2c43f1..dfe1e59 100644
--- a/livecd-tumbleweed-x11.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-tumbleweed-x11.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_Rescue_CD" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@
     <ignore name="groff"/>
     <package name="aaa_base" replaces="libqt5-qttranslations"/>
     <ignore name="libqt5-qttranslations"/>
+    <package name="aaa_base" replaces="plymouth"/>
+    <ignore name="plymouth"/>
     <package name="aaa_base" replaces="tumbler"/>
     <ignore name="tumbler"/>
     <package name="aaa_base" replaces="cyrus-sasl"/>
diff --git a/livecd-tumbleweed-xfce.kiwi b/livecd-tumbleweed-xfce.kiwi
index e406ce4..1010612 100644
--- a/livecd-tumbleweed-xfce.kiwi
+++ b/livecd-tumbleweed-xfce.kiwi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="openSUSE_Tumbleweed_XFCE_Live" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
diff --git a/livecd.kiwi.in b/livecd.kiwi.in
index 324c1e4..0f21af5 100644
--- a/livecd.kiwi.in
+++ b/livecd.kiwi.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <profile name="EFI" description="EFI" import="true" arch="x86_64,aarch64"/>
   </profiles>
   <preferences profiles="EFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="@VOLID@" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="uefi" volid="@VOLID@" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>@BOOTSPLASH@</bootsplash-theme>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
   </preferences>
   <preferences profiles="noEFI">
-    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="@VOLID@" mediacheck="true"/>
+    <type primary="true" bootprofile="default" kernelcmdline="splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes" flags="overlay" hybrid="true" hybridpersistent="true" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" image="iso" firmware="bios" volid="@VOLID@" mediacheck="true"/>
     <version>2.8.0</version>
     <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     <bootsplash-theme>@BOOTSPLASH@</bootsplash-theme>