diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 312eb8ab506..b2e1a6ca3a5 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -952,9 +952,6 @@ def modify(args, config, basepath, workspace):
                 f.write('EXTERNALSRC_BUILD:pn-%s = "%s"\n' % (pn, srctree))
 
             if bb.data.inherits_class('kernel', rd):
-                f.write('SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS = "do_validate_branches do_kernel_checkout '
-                        'do_fetch do_unpack do_kernel_configcheck"\n')
-                f.write('\ndo_patch[noexec] = "1"\n')
                 f.write('\ndo_kernel_configme:prepend() {\n'
                         '    if [ -e ${S}/.config ]; then\n'
                         '        mv ${S}/.config ${S}/.config.old\n'