diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/files/earlyprintk.cfg b/recipes-kernel/linux/files/earlyprintk.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index e2b1e2f..0000000
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/files/earlyprintk.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Enable EARLY_PRINTK and related PRINTK functionality
-#
-CONFIG_PRINTK=y
-CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
-
-CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
-
-CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP=y
-CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_EFI=y
-CONFIG_TTY_PRINTK=y
-
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-riscv-common.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-riscv-common.inc
index ababd21..1cba04a 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-riscv-common.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-riscv-common.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ require recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
 
 SRC_URI = "\
     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/palmer/riscv-linux.git;branch=${BRANCH} \
-    file://earlyprintk.cfg \
     file://pci.cfg \
 "