diff --git a/pkgs/kernel/default.nix b/pkgs/kernel/default.nix
index ec3354b..e2dcb94 100644
--- a/pkgs/kernel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kernel/default.nix
@@ -17,17 +17,6 @@ let writeConfig = name : config: writeText name
             config
           ));
     kconfigFile = writeConfig "kconfig" (config // checkedConfig);
-    # KLUDGE FIXME. some symbols we need to enable in some configurations don't
-    # have a prompt (!), so we can't turn them on just by adding FOO=y  and make oldconfig
-    #
-    # (!) yes, that was my reaction too
-    kconfigLocal = writeText "Kconfig.local" ''
-      config LIMINIX
-             prompt "Local symbols"
-             bool
-             default y
-             select SOC_QCA955X
-    '';
     checkedConfigFile = writeConfig "checked_kconfig" checkedConfig ;
     inherit lib; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -81,7 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export KBUILD_OUTPUT=`pwd`
     cp ${kconfigFile} .config
     cp ${kconfigFile} .config.orig
-    cp ${kconfigLocal} Kconfig.local
     make V=1 olddefconfig
   '';