diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
index acd03a1ce8..acf9d55c40 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ QB_CPU_KVM_x86-64 = "-cpu core2duo"
 
 QB_AUDIO_DRV = "alsa"
 QB_AUDIO_OPT = "-soundhw ac97,es1370"
-QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "vga=0 uvesafb.mode_option=640x480-32 oprofile.timer=1 uvesafb.task_timeout=-1"
+QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "vga=0 uvesafb.mode_option=${UVESA_MODE} oprofile.timer=1 uvesafb.task_timeout=-1"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-vga vmware -show-cursor -usb -usbdevice tablet -device virtio-rng-pci"
+
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
+KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
+UVESA_MODE ?= "640x480-32"
+module_conf_uvesafb = "options uvesafb mode_option=${UVESA_MODE}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d/fbsetup b/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d/fbsetup
deleted file mode 100755
index 2a409cc529..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d/fbsetup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-
-/sbin/modprobe uvesafb
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d/uvesafb.conf b/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d/uvesafb.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 43789755d3..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d/uvesafb.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Load uvesafb.ko at boot
-uvesafb
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d_0.1.10.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d_0.1.10.bb
index eab466d30d..579a0a27eb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d_0.1.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/v86d/v86d_0.1.10.bb
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/${BP}.tar.bz2 \
            file://Update-x86emu-from-X.org.patch \
-           file://fbsetup \
-           file://uvesafb.conf \
            file://ar-from-env.patch \
            file://aarch64-host.patch \
 "
@@ -23,9 +21,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "634964ae18ef68c8493add2ce150e3b4502badeb0d9194b4bd81241d25
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(i.86|x86_64).*-linux'
 
-INITSCRIPT_NAME = "fbsetup"
-INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 0 S ."
-
 do_configure () {
 	./configure --with-x86emu
 }
@@ -37,35 +32,4 @@ do_compile () {
 do_install () {
 	install -d ${D}${base_sbindir}
 	install v86d ${D}${base_sbindir}/
-
-        # Only install fbsetup script if 'sysvinit' is in DISTRO_FEATURES
-        if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','sysvinit','true','false',d)}; then
-            install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
-            install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/fbsetup ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/fbsetup
-        fi
-
-        # Install systemd related configuration file
-        if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true','false',d)}; then
-            install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/modules-load.d
-            install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/uvesafb.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/modules-load.d
-        fi
-}
-
-# As the recipe doesn't inherit systemd.bbclass, we need to set this variable
-# manually to avoid unnecessary postinst/preinst generated.
-python __anonymous() {
-    if not bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', True, False, d):
-        d.setVar("INHIBIT_UPDATERCD_BBCLASS", "1")
-}
-
-inherit update-rc.d
-
-PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd-systemctl-native','',d)}"
-pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
-	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd sysvinit','true','false',d)}; then
-		if [ -n "$D" ]; then
-			OPTS="--root=$D"
-		fi
-		systemctl $OPTS mask fbsetup.service
-	fi
 }