diff --git a/configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig b/configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig
index f165a9a39d..b55dce1ad6 100644
--- a/configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
-# Linux headers same as kernel, a 3.18 series
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_18=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_6=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="vdk-buildroot"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to SNPS VDK by Buildroot"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL="https://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-tracking.git"
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="linux-linaro-3.18-2014.12"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.6"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/synopsys/vdk/linux-vdk-aarch64-defconfig"
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y