diff --git a/fedora-bootc.yaml b/fedora-bootc.yaml
index 68dc692..11763a0 100644
--- a/fedora-bootc.yaml
+++ b/fedora-bootc.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ metadata:
 include:
   - fedora-generic.yaml
   - tier-1/manifest.yaml
-  - tier-1/kernel.yaml
diff --git a/fedora-minimal.yaml b/fedora-minimal.yaml
index 77cd0e2..76762f6 100644
--- a/fedora-minimal.yaml
+++ b/fedora-minimal.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ metadata:
 include:
   - fedora-generic.yaml
   - minimal/manifest.yaml
-  - minimal/kernel.yaml
diff --git a/fedora-tier-x.yaml b/fedora-tier-x.yaml
index 90a96fd..f80d107 100644
--- a/fedora-tier-x.yaml
+++ b/fedora-tier-x.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ metadata:
 include:
   - fedora-generic.yaml
   - tier-x/manifest.yaml
-  - tier-x/kernel.yaml
diff --git a/minimal/manifest.yaml b/minimal/manifest.yaml
index 13f6f71..eff48af 100644
--- a/minimal/manifest.yaml
+++ b/minimal/manifest.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ remove-from-packages:
   - [systemd-udev, /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-gpt-auto-generator]
 
 include:
+  - kernel.yaml
   - postprocess-conf.yaml
   - bootc.yaml
   - bootupd.yaml
diff --git a/tier-1/kernel.yaml b/tier-1/kernel.yaml
deleted file mode 120000
index d6f64cc..0000000
--- a/tier-1/kernel.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../tier-0/kernel.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tier-x/kernel.yaml b/tier-x/kernel.yaml
deleted file mode 120000
index d6f64cc..0000000
--- a/tier-x/kernel.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../tier-0/kernel.yaml
\ No newline at end of file