diff --git a/target/board/emulator_arm64/device.mk b/target/board/emulator_arm64/device.mk
index dc8419246f..d221e64159 100644
--- a/target/board/emulator_arm64/device.mk
+++ b/target/board/emulator_arm64/device.mk
@@ -17,12 +17,3 @@
 PRODUCT_SOONG_NAMESPACES += device/generic/goldfish # for libwifi-hal-emu
 PRODUCT_SOONG_NAMESPACES += device/generic/goldfish-opengl # for goldfish deps.
 
-# Cuttlefish has GKI kernel prebuilts, so use those for the GKI boot.img.
-ifeq ($(TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL),)
-    LOCAL_KERNEL := kernel/prebuilts/5.4/arm64/kernel-5.4-lz4
-else
-    LOCAL_KERNEL := $(TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL)
-endif
-
-PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
-    $(LOCAL_KERNEL):kernel