diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index d177dde8fe..d1cdf12a22 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -376,9 +376,6 @@ get_default_kernel_config() {
 	[ -n "${hypervisor}" ] || die "hypervisor not provided"
 	[ -n "${kernel_arch}" ] || die "kernel arch not provided"
 
-	local kernel_ver
-	kernel_ver=$(get_major_kernel_version "${version}")
-
 	archfragdir="${default_config_frags_dir}/${kernel_arch}"
 	if [ -d "${archfragdir}" ]; then
 		config="$(get_kernel_frag_path ${archfragdir} ${kernel_path} ${kernel_arch})"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index 7296f257eb..065fd3e79c 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-136
+137