diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index d1cdf12a22..5cc0bb1139 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ GOPATH="${GOPATH%%:*}"
 kernel_version=""
 # Flag know if need to download the kernel source
 download_kernel=false
-# The repository where kernel configuration lives
-readonly kernel_config_repo="github.com/${project_name}/kata-containers/tools/packaging"
-readonly patches_repo="github.com/${project_name}/kata-containers/tools/packaging"
 # Default path to search patches to apply to kernel
 readonly default_patches_dir="${script_dir}/patches"
 # Default path to search config for kata
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index 065fd3e79c..93e7803245 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-137
+138