diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-artifact-names.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-artifact-names.bbclass
index 1a7611a15e8..6d974663321 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-artifact-names.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-artifact-names.bbclass
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ KERNEL_FIT_BIN_EXT ?= "${KERNEL_ARTIFACT_BIN_EXT}"
 
 MODULE_TARBALL_NAME ?= "${KERNEL_ARTIFACT_NAME}"
 MODULE_TARBALL_LINK_NAME ?= "${KERNEL_ARTIFACT_LINK_NAME}"
-MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY ?= "1"
+MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY ?= "0"
 
 INITRAMFS_NAME ?= "initramfs-${KERNEL_ARTIFACT_NAME}"
 INITRAMFS_LINK_NAME ?= "initramfs-${KERNEL_ARTIFACT_LINK_NAME}"