diff --git a/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig b/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig
index 26ff245169..676366bc5c 100644
--- a/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig
+++ b/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a9=y
 BR2_ARM_ENABLE_NEON=y
 BR2_ARM_ENABLE_VFP=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_9=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_16=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyPS0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/zynq/post-image.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xilinx-v2017.3)/linux-xilinx-v2017.3.tar.gz"
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="xilinx_zynq"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.16"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE_LOADADDR="0x8000"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y