diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/uki.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/uki.bbclass
index d9a7fb0e6fe0..4db5f614b96f 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/uki.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/uki.bbclass
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ INITRAMFS_IMAGE ?= "core-image-minimal-initramfs"
 
 INITRD_ARCHIVE ?= "${INITRAMFS_IMAGE}-${MACHINE}.${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
 
-do_image_complete[depends] += "${INITRAMFS_IMAGE}:do_image_complete"
-
 UKIFY_CMD ?= "ukify build"
 UKI_CONFIG_FILE ?= "${UNPACKDIR}/uki.conf"
 UKI_FILENAME ?= "uki.efi"
@@ -127,8 +125,9 @@ python do_uki() {
     ukify_cmd += " --stub %s" % (stub)
 
     # initrd
-    initramfs_image = "%s" % (d.getVar('INITRD_ARCHIVE'))
-    ukify_cmd += " --initrd=%s" % (os.path.join(deploy_dir_image, initramfs_image))
+    if d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE'):
+        initramfs_image = "%s" % (d.getVar('INITRD_ARCHIVE'))
+        ukify_cmd += " --initrd=%s" % (os.path.join(deploy_dir_image, initramfs_image))
 
     # kernel
     kernel_filename = d.getVar('UKI_KERNEL_FILENAME') or None