diff --git a/conf/machine/freedom-u540.conf b/conf/machine/freedom-u540.conf
index 5979b80..3af48f2 100644
--- a/conf/machine/freedom-u540.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/freedom-u540.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES = "screen keyboard ext2 ext3 serial"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-riscv"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-riscv ?= "5.0%"
 
 GDBVERSION = "riscv"