diff --git a/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index c0105f4204..72d3e8d861 100755
--- a/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,16 @@ get_default_kernel_config() {
 	echo "${config}"
 }
 
+get_config_and_patches() {
+	if [ -z "${patches_path}" ]; then
+		info "Clone config and patches"
+		patches_path="${default_patches_dir}"
+		[ -d "${patches_path}" ] || git clone "https://${patches_repo}.git" "${patches_repo_dir}"
+	fi
+}
+
 get_config_version() {
+	get_config_and_patches
 	config_version_file="${default_patches_dir}/../kata_config_version"
 	if [ -f "${config_version_file}" ]; then
 		cat "${config_version_file}"
@@ -172,10 +181,7 @@ setup_kernel() {
 
 	[ -n "$kernel_path" ] || die "failed to find kernel source path"
 
-	if [ -z "${patches_path}" ]; then
-		patches_path="${default_patches_dir}"
-		[ -d "${patches_path}" ] || git clone "https://${patches_repo}.git" "${patches_repo_dir}"
-	fi
+	get_config_and_patches
 
 	[ -d "${patches_path}" ] || die " patches path '${patches_path}' does not exist"
 
@@ -292,6 +298,9 @@ main() {
 		kernel_path="${PWD}/kata-linux-${kernel_version}-${config_version}"
 	fi
 
+	info "Kernel version: ${kernel_version}"
+	info "Config version: ${config_version}"
+
 	case "${subcmd}" in
 	build)
 		build_kernel "${kernel_path}"
diff --git a/scripts/lib.sh b/scripts/lib.sh
index 732bb1f58b..d86a2246f1 100644
--- a/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@ get_from_kata_deps() {
 	local branch="${2:-master}"
 	local runtime_repo="github.com/kata-containers/runtime"
 	GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
-	# This is needed in order to retrieve the version for qemu-lite
-	install_yq >&2
-	yaml_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kata-containers/runtime/${branch}/versions.yaml"
-	versions_file="versions_${branch}.yaml"
-	[ ! -e "${versions_file}" ] || download_on_new_flag="-z ${versions_file}"
-	curl --silent -o "${versions_file}" ${download_on_new_flag:-} "$yaml_url"
+	versions_file="${GOPATH}/src/github.com/kata-containers/runtime/versions.yaml"
+	if [ ! -e "${versions_file}" ]; then
+		yaml_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kata-containers/runtime/${branch}/versions.yaml"
+		echo "versions file (${versions_file}) does not exist" >&2
+		echo "Download from ${yaml_url}" >&2
+		#make sure yq is installed
+		install_yq >&2
+		versions_file="versions_${branch}.yaml"
+		curl --silent -o "${versions_file}" "$yaml_url"
+	fi
 	result=$("${GOPATH}/bin/yq" read "$versions_file" "$dependency")
 	[ "$result" = "null" ] && result=""
 	echo "$result"