diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 965c763e524..b904f448b6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- #\[[5074](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/pull/5074)\] Fix
+  the `SendCtrlAltDel` command not working for ACPI-enabled guest kernels, by
+  dropping the i8042.nopnp argument from the default kernel command line
+  Firecracker constructs.
+
 ## [1.11.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/vmm_config/boot_source.rs b/src/vmm/src/vmm_config/boot_source.rs
index d62338fc94b..37ba08be449 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/vmm_config/boot_source.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/vmm_config/boot_source.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 /// - `8250.nr_uarts=0` disable 8250 serial interface;
 /// - `i8042.noaux` do not probe the i8042 controller for an attached mouse (save boot time);
 /// - `i8042.nomux` do not probe i8042 for a multiplexing controller (save boot time);
-/// - `i8042.nopnp` do not use ACPIPnP to discover KBD/AUX controllers (save boot time);
 /// - `i8042.dumbkbd` do not attempt to control kbd state via the i8042 (save boot time).
-pub const DEFAULT_KERNEL_CMDLINE: &str = "reboot=k panic=1 pci=off nomodule 8250.nr_uarts=0 \
-                                          i8042.noaux i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.dumbkbd";
+pub const DEFAULT_KERNEL_CMDLINE: &str =
+    "reboot=k panic=1 pci=off nomodule 8250.nr_uarts=0 i8042.noaux i8042.nomux i8042.dumbkbd";
 
 /// Strongly typed data structure used to configure the boot source of the
 /// microvm.
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/functional/test_api.py b/tests/integration_tests/functional/test_api.py
index b21e86e0d60..eb2cd1b608e 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/functional/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/functional/test_api.py
@@ -767,24 +767,14 @@ def test_send_ctrl_alt_del(uvm_plain_any):
     test_microvm.spawn()
 
     test_microvm.basic_config()
+    test_microvm.add_net_iface()
     test_microvm.start()
 
-    # Wait around for the guest to boot up and initialize the user space
-    time.sleep(2)
-
     test_microvm.api.actions.put(action_type="SendCtrlAltDel")
 
-    firecracker_pid = test_microvm.firecracker_pid
-
     # If everything goes as expected, the guest OS will issue a reboot,
     # causing Firecracker to exit.
-    # waitpid should block until the Firecracker process has exited. If
-    # it has already exited by the time we call waitpid, WNOHANG causes
-    # waitpid to raise a ChildProcessError exception.
-    try:
-        os.waitpid(firecracker_pid, os.WNOHANG)
-    except ChildProcessError:
-        pass
+    test_microvm.mark_killed()
 
 
 def _drive_patch(test_microvm, io_engine):