diff --git a/anaconda/data/post-scripts/40-qubes-alt-kernels.ks b/anaconda/data/post-scripts/40-qubes-alt-kernels.ks
index 94f9459..4909a99 100644
--- a/anaconda/data/post-scripts/40-qubes-alt-kernels.ks
+++ b/anaconda/data/post-scripts/40-qubes-alt-kernels.ks
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ for pkg in /run/install/repo/extrakernels/*.rpm; do
   rpm --root=$ANA_INSTALL_PATH -q $name > /dev/null || rpm --root=$ANA_INSTALL_PATH -i --oldpackage $pkg
 done
 
-# Set default VM kernel back to newest one
-kver=`ls /var/lib/qubes/vm-kernels|sort -n|tail -1`
-chroot $ANA_INSTALL_PATH qubes-prefs -s default-kernel $kver
-
 # Set grub default to the current kernel if running not the latest one
 latest=`basename /run/install/repo/Packages/k/kernel-[0-9]*.rpm .rpm|cut -d- -f2-`
 if [ "$latest" != "`uname -r`" ]; then
diff --git a/lorax-templates-qubes/templates/x86.tmpl b/lorax-templates-qubes/templates/x86.tmpl
index 0cefc5c..12f73bd 100644
--- a/lorax-templates-qubes/templates/x86.tmpl
+++ b/lorax-templates-qubes/templates/x86.tmpl
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ install boot/memtest* ${BOOTDIR}/memtest
 mkdir ${EXTRAKERNELS}
 # bypass "chroot" enforced by Lorax parser
 install ../../../../yum/qubes-dom0/rpm/kernel-[0-9]*rpm ${EXTRAKERNELS}
-install ../../../../yum/qubes-dom0/rpm/kernel-qubes-vm-3.11*rpm ${EXTRAKERNELS}
 
 ## install kernels
 mkdir ${KERNELDIR}