diff --git a/distros/shared/zz-update-boot b/distros/shared/zz-update-boot
index d003b3a..6e8a5c9 100755
--- a/distros/shared/zz-update-boot
+++ b/distros/shared/zz-update-boot
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@ BOOT_PART="/boot/efi"
 KVER="$1"
 [ -z "$KVER" ] && KVER="$(ls -1t /lib/modules | head -1)"
 
-# Debian-based desktop metapackages may also install a generic kernel. Once
-# linux-ps5 is present, never deploy another kernel to the PS5 boot partition.
-if command -v dpkg-query >/dev/null 2>&1 && dpkg-query -W linux-ps5 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    PS5_KVER="$(dpkg-query -L linux-ps5 | sed -n 's#^/boot/vmlinuz-##p' | head -1)"
-    if [ -n "$PS5_KVER" ] && [ "$KVER" != "$PS5_KVER" ]; then
-        echo ">> Ignoring non-PS5 kernel $KVER (PS5 kernel is $PS5_KVER)"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
 if [ -f "$BOOT_PART/bzImage" ]; then
     mv "$BOOT_PART/bzImage" "$BOOT_PART/bzImage.old"
 fi
diff --git a/distros/shared/zz-update-boot-multi b/distros/shared/zz-update-boot-multi
index 765e9d0..e5937b9 100644
--- a/distros/shared/zz-update-boot-multi
+++ b/distros/shared/zz-update-boot-multi
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@ KVER="$1"
 DISTRO="unknown"
 [ -f /etc/ps5-distro ] && DISTRO="$(cat /etc/ps5-distro)"
 
-# Debian-based desktop metapackages may also install a generic kernel. Once
-# linux-ps5 is present, never deploy another kernel to the PS5 boot partition.
-if command -v dpkg-query >/dev/null 2>&1 && dpkg-query -W linux-ps5 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    PS5_KVER="$(dpkg-query -L linux-ps5 | sed -n 's#^/boot/vmlinuz-##p' | head -1)"
-    if [ -n "$PS5_KVER" ] && [ "$KVER" != "$PS5_KVER" ]; then
-        echo ">> Ignoring non-PS5 kernel $KVER (PS5 kernel is $PS5_KVER)"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
 if [ -f "$BOOT_PART/bzImage" ]; then
     mv "$BOOT_PART/bzImage" "$BOOT_PART/bzImage.old"
 fi