diff --git a/modules/system/boot/loader/efi-boot-stub/efi-boot-stub.nix b/modules/system/boot/loader/efi-boot-stub/efi-boot-stub.nix
index 099cdefe142..59d9957ef5f 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/loader/efi-boot-stub/efi-boot-stub.nix
+++ b/modules/system/boot/loader/efi-boot-stub/efi-boot-stub.nix
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ let
   platform = pkgs.stdenv.platform;
 in
 {
-  assertions = [ { assertion = ! config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel ? features || config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.features ? efiBootStub; message = "This kernel does not support the EFI boot stub"; } ];
+  #assertions = [ { assertion = ! config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel ? features || config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.features ? efiBootStub; message = "This kernel does not support the EFI boot stub"; } ];
+  
   require = [
     options
 
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 10cea94881f..b32ce233ec0 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { nixosSrc ? {outPath = ./.; revCount = 1234; shortRev = "abcdef"; }
 , nixpkgs ? {outPath = <nixpkgs>; revCount = 5678; shortRev = "fedcba"; }
-, minimal ? false
+#, minimal ? false
 }:
 
 let
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ let
 
     tests =
       let
-        t = import ./tests { system = "i686-linux"; inherit minimal; };
-        t_64 = import ./tests { system = "x86_64-linux"; inherit minimal; };
+        t = import ./tests { system = "i686-linux"; };
+        t_64 = import ./tests { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
       in {
         avahi = t.avahi.test;
         bittorrent = t.bittorrent.test;