diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index a2cfa6d25a2..d6243d9320a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ let {
     jing_tools
     jre
     kcachegrind
-    kernel
+#    kernel
     less
     libtool
     libxml2