diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/isolinux.cfg b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/isolinux.cfg
index 4ad4759894c5..ecb2f1d708ef 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/isolinux.cfg
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/isolinux.cfg
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ default 1
 label 1
       kernel /boot/bzImage
       initrd /boot/initrd
-      append root=/dev/sr0 loglevel=3 console=tty0 noembed nomodeset norestore waitusb=10 systemd.legacy_systemd_cgroup_controller=yes
+      append root=/dev/sr0 loglevel=3 console=ttyS0 noembed nomodeset norestore waitusb=10 systemd.legacy_systemd_cgroup_controller=yes
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go b/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go
index 3af8a9c3c3d8..efa3101c06c0 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go
@@ -66,12 +66,10 @@ const domainTmpl = `
       <model type='virtio'/>
     </interface>
     <serial type='pty'>
-      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>
       <target port='0'/>
     </serial>
-    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/2'>
-      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>
-      <target port='0'/>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
     </console>
     <rng model='virtio'>
       <backend model='random'>/dev/random</backend>