diff --git a/local/patches/base/P4-initfs-release-virtio-gpu.patch b/local/patches/base/P4-initfs-release-virtio-gpu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7eaff9fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/base/P4-initfs-release-virtio-gpu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/drivers/initfs.toml
++++ b/drivers/initfs.toml
+@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ vendor = 0x1AF4
+ device = 0x1001
+ command = ["/scheme/initfs/lib/drivers/virtio-blkd"]
+ 
+-[[drivers]]
+-name = "virtio-gpu"
+-class = 3
+-vendor = 0x1AF4
+-device = 0x1050
+-command = ["/scheme/initfs/lib/drivers/virtio-gpud"]
++# Red Bear full-image graphics hands display-class GPUs to the root filesystem
++# DRM/KMS stack. Do not claim QEMU virtio-gpu in initfs, or the later root
++# pcid-spawner cannot pass the PCI function to /usr/bin/redox-drm.
diff --git a/recipes/core/base-initfs/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/base-initfs/recipe.toml
index c8256681b..717e2c2a2 100644
--- a/recipes/core/base-initfs/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/base-initfs/recipe.toml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ cp -v "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/drivers/initfs.toml" "${COOKBOOK_BUILD}/initfs/lib/pci
 
 export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_OPT_LEVEL=s
 export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_PANIC=abort
+rm -rf "${CARGO_TARGET_DIR}"
 "${COOKBOOK_CARGO}" build ${build_flags} \
     --manifest-path "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/Cargo.toml" \
     $(for bin in "${BINS[@]}"; do echo "-p" "${bin}"; done)
diff --git a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
index da07a73a4..5ceac38cf 100644
--- a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ patches = [
     "P4-acpi-shutdown-hardening.patch",
     "P4-acpi-s3-sleep.patch",
     "P4-initfs-usb-drm-services.patch",
+    "P4-initfs-release-virtio-gpu.patch",
     "P4-initfs-network-services.patch",
     "P4-initfs-getty-services.patch",
     "P4-initfs-dbus-services.patch",