diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
index 7f070dee..c037b746 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ media-libs/libvpx:0/2
 dev-libs/boost:0/1.56.0
 =app-office/libreoffice-bin-4.4.3.2-r1
 =app-office/libreoffice-bin-4.4.4.3
-=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.51.3
diff --git a/profiles/server/package.mask b/profiles/server/package.mask
index 99d32096..8ad69b99 100644
--- a/profiles/server/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/server/package.mask
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 # Manually control kernel version
 >=sys-kernel/hardened-sources-4.1
-=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.51.3