diff --git a/repos/base/recipes/api/base/content.mk b/repos/base/recipes/api/base/content.mk
index fe34ad0729..38b16ebcb6 100644
--- a/repos/base/recipes/api/base/content.mk
+++ b/repos/base/recipes/api/base/content.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ lib:
 	cp $(addprefix $(REP_DIR)/lib/mk/,$(LIB_MK_FILES)) lib/mk/
 	cp $(REP_DIR)/lib/symbols/ld lib/symbols/
 	touch lib/mk/config.mk
+	sed -i "/KERNEL/d" lib/mk/ld.mk
 
 SPECS := x86_32 x86_64 32bit 64bit