diff --git a/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index 6718d62005..86000fb0ef 100755
--- a/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -376,14 +376,15 @@ install_kata() {
 		die "failed to find image"
 	fi
 
+	# Install compressed kernel
 	if [ "${arch_target}" = "powerpc" ]; then
 		install --mode 0644 -D "vmlinux" "${install_path}/${vmlinuz}"
 	else
 		install --mode 0644 -D "${bzImage}" "${install_path}/${vmlinuz}"
 	fi
 
-	if [ "${hypervisor_target}" == "firecracker" ] && [ "${arch_target}" == "arm64" ]; then
-		vmlinux="${vmlinux}-${hypervisor_target}"
+	# Install uncompressed kernel
+	if [ "${arch_target}" = "arm64" ]; then
 		install --mode 0644 -D "arch/${arch_target}/boot/Image" "${install_path}/${vmlinux}"
 	else
 		install --mode 0644 -D "vmlinux" "${install_path}/${vmlinux}"
diff --git a/kernel/kata_config_version b/kernel/kata_config_version
index 38b10c1b2b..b5489e5e51 100644
--- a/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-68
+69