diff --git a/man/ostree-admin-deploy.xml b/man/ostree-admin-deploy.xml
index 8915ad2c0b..8be3390e61 100644
--- a/man/ostree-admin-deploy.xml
+++ b/man/ostree-admin-deploy.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ License along with this library. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
                     Append kernel argument; useful with e.g. console= that can be used multiple times.
                 </para></listitem>
             </varlistentry>
+
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>--karg-delete</option>="NAME=VALUE"</term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Delete kernel argument if exists, can be used multiple times.
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
         </variablelist>
     </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c
index bfeb81d905..c0faaab908 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static gboolean opt_no_prune;
 static gboolean opt_no_merge;
 static char **opt_kernel_argv;
 static char **opt_kernel_argv_append;
-static char *opt_kernel_argv_delete;
+static char **opt_kernel_argv_delete;
 static gboolean opt_kernel_proc_cmdline;
 static char *opt_osname;
 static char *opt_origin_path;
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ static GOptionEntry options[] = {
     "NAME=VALUE" },
   { "karg-none", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_kernel_arg_none, "Do not import kernel arguments",
     NULL },
-  { "karg-delete", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_kernel_argv_delete,
-    "Delete kernel argument if exists", "NAME=VALUE" },
+  { "karg-delete", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY, &opt_kernel_argv_delete,
+    "Delete kernel argument if exists, can be used multiple times", "NAME=VALUE" },
   { "overlay-initrd", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY, &opt_overlay_initrds,
     "Overlay iniramfs file", "FILE" },
   { NULL }
@@ -205,9 +205,10 @@ ot_admin_builtin_deploy (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invocat
       ostree_kernel_args_append_argv (kargs, opt_kernel_argv_append);
     }
 
-  if (opt_kernel_argv_delete)
+  for (char **strviter = opt_kernel_argv_delete; strviter && *strviter; strviter++)
     {
-      if (!ostree_kernel_args_delete (kargs, opt_kernel_argv_delete, error))
+      const char *arg = *strviter;
+      if (!ostree_kernel_args_delete_if_present (kargs, arg, error))
         return FALSE;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test-admin-deploy-karg.sh b/tests/test-admin-deploy-karg.sh
index 047ca63b6d..39fcdf3614 100755
--- a/tests/test-admin-deploy-karg.sh
+++ b/tests/test-admin-deploy-karg.sh
@@ -71,11 +71,9 @@ assert_file_has_content sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-2-testos.conf 'option
 echo "ok deploy --karg-append"
 
 assert_file_has_content sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-2-testos.conf 'options.*quiet .*TESTARG=TESTVALUE .*APPENDARG=VALAPPEND .*APPENDARG=2NDAPPEND'
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree admin deploy  --os=testos --karg-delete=TESTARG=TESTVALUE testos:testos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree admin deploy  --os=testos --karg-delete=TESTARG=TESTVALUE --karg-delete=quiet --karg-delete=APPENDARG=VALAPPEND testos:testos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime
 assert_not_file_has_content sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-2-testos.conf 'options.*TESTARG=TESTVALUE'
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree admin deploy  --os=testos --karg-delete=quiet testos:testos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime
 assert_not_file_has_content sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-2-testos.conf 'options.*quiet'
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree admin deploy  --os=testos --karg-delete=APPENDARG=VALAPPEND testos:testos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime
 assert_not_file_has_content sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-2-testos.conf 'options.*APPENDARG=VALAPPEND'
 
 echo "ok deploy --karg-delete"