diff --git a/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/start.c b/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/start.c
index 18a4b0783b..8e38402c4d 100644
--- a/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/start.c
+++ b/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/start.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ _start(void)
 
 	// reading the keyboard doesn't seem to work in graphics mode (maybe a bochs problem)
 	sBootOptions = check_for_boot_keys();
-	if (sBootOptions & BOOT_OPTION_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
+	//if (sBootOptions & BOOT_OPTION_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
 		serial_enable();
 
 	smp_init();