diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index a2126aad3d..28cffb476e 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -223,13 +223,7 @@ mkdir -p $TARGET_IMG
 rm -rf $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.kernel
 
 # copy kernel to target dir
-if [ "$BOOTLOADER" = "bcm2835-bootloader" ]; then
-  echo "injecting DeviceTreeBlobs to kernel..."
-  perl $BUILD/linux-$(kernel_version)/scripts/mkknlimg $BUILD/linux-$(kernel_version)/arch/$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH/boot/$KERNEL_TARGET $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.kernel
-  echo "...done"
-else
-  cp -PR $BUILD/linux-$(kernel_version)/arch/$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH/boot/$KERNEL_TARGET $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.kernel
-fi
+cp -PR $BUILD/linux-$(kernel_version)/arch/$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH/boot/$KERNEL_TARGET $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.kernel
 chmod 0644 $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.kernel
 
 # create squashfs file