diff --git a/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb
index 9e633ce..7649db1 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb
@@ -37,28 +37,6 @@ require linux-tools.inc
 do_configure() {
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/defconfig ${B}/.config
 	oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} oldconfig
-	ls -la ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true
-	stat ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true	
-}
-
-do_compile_prepend() {
-	ls -la ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true
-	stat ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true	
-}
-
-do_compile_append() {
-	ls -la ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true
-	stat ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true	
-}
-
-do_compile_kernelmodules_prepend() {
-	ls -la ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true
-	stat ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true	
-}
-
-do_compile_kernelmodules_append() {
-	ls -la ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true
-	stat ${B}/include/config/kernel.release || true	
 }
 
 # autoload defaults (alphabetically sorted)