diff --git a/src/boot/efi/stub.c b/src/boot/efi/stub.c
index f31aecfa63..925639f908 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/stub.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/stub.c
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ static bool use_load_options(
                 *ret = xasprintf("%ls %ls", old, shell->Argv[i]);
         }
 
-        mangle_stub_cmdline(*ret);
         return true;
 }