diff --git a/grub2-xen-pv-firmware.cfg b/grub2-xen-pv-firmware.cfg
index 7311399..757b392 100644
--- a/grub2-xen-pv-firmware.cfg
+++ b/grub2-xen-pv-firmware.cfg
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ if [ -n "${suse_cddev}" ]; then
         }
     elif [ -f "${suse_kern}" -a -f "$suse_initrd" ]; then
         menuentry "${suse_cddev} SUSE Install" {
-            linux "${suse_kern}" linemode=1 xencons=hvc0 
+            linux "${suse_kern}" xencons=hvc0 
             initrd "${suse_initrd}"
         }
         menuentry "${suse_cddev} SUSE Rescue" {
-            linux "${suse_kern}" linemode=1 xencons=hvc0 rescue=1
+            linux "${suse_kern}" xencons=hvc0 rescue=1
             initrd "${suse_initrd}"
         }
         menuentry "${suse_cddev} SUSE Upgrade" {
-            linux "${suse_kern}" linemode=1 xencons=hvc0 upgrade=1
+            linux "${suse_kern}" xencons=hvc0 upgrade=1
             initrd "${suse_initrd}"
         }
     else
diff --git a/grub2.changes b/grub2.changes
index 11c6003..7bd7a01 100644
--- a/grub2.changes
+++ b/grub2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov  8 09:37:12 UTC 2017 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- grub2-xen-pv-firmware.cfg: remove linemode=1 from cmdline for
+  SUSE installer. openQA expects ncurses interface. (bsc#1066919)
+
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 Mon Nov  6 15:34:03 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com