diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/images/citadel-image.inc b/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/images/citadel-image.inc
index c460bdb..656fc60 100644
--- a/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/images/citadel-image.inc
+++ b/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/images/citadel-image.inc
@@ -5,8 +5,4 @@ CITADEL_IMAGE_VERSION_rootfs = "1"
 CITADEL_IMAGE_VERSION_extra = "1"
 CITADEL_IMAGE_VERSION_kernel = "1"
 
-CITADEL_KERNEL_VERSION = "4.9.65"
-
-generate_kernel_id() {
-    sha256sum ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/bzImage-intel-corei7-64.bin | cut -d' ' -f1
-}
+CITADEL_KERNEL_VERSION = "4.9.135"