diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
index fb8a9ab28a2..4399ff6eac2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Common vars shared by the 'kernel' and 'kernel-libc-headers'
 # build templates.
 _kernel_ver=2.6.36
-version=${_kernel_ver}
-#_kernel_patch_ver=4
-#version=${_kernel_ver}.${_kernel_patch_ver}
+#version=${_kernel_ver}
+_kernel_patch_ver=1
+version=${_kernel_ver}.${_kernel_patch_ver}
 wrksrc="linux-$version"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/kernel/v2.6/linux-$version.tar.bz2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=15a076d1a435a6bf8e92834eba4b390b4ec094ce06d47f89d071ca9e5788ce04
+checksum=ac53b72910f2b54e1abd25604cd8e43dc48793eaf719df3bc324e21836ec7182
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/kernel-headers.template b/srcpkgs/kernel/kernel-headers.template
index 6f4fd9d3763..59f96c0fa93 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/kernel-headers.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/kernel-headers.template
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ if [ -n "${_kernel_headers_revision}" ]; then
 	revision=${_kernel_headers_revision}
 fi
 
+nostrip=yes
+noverifyrdeps=yes
+
 do_install()
 {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/template b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
index 839d0347540..6ea8d2be861 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # ATTENTION:
 # kernel-headers revision is set here, not on its template!
 #
-revision=4
+#revision=1
 #_kernel_headers_revision=1
 
 pkgname=kernel
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ long_desc="
 subpackages="kernel-headers"
 triggers="initramfs-tools"
 nostrip=yes
+noverifyrdeps=yes
 preserve=yes
 
 Add_dependency run glibc