diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index 0a6d754..46da867 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME ??= "kernel"
 KERNEL_DEPLOYSUBDIR ??= "${@ "" if (d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") == "kernel") else d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") }"
 
 PROVIDES += "virtual/kernel"
-DEPENDS += "virtual/cross-binutils virtual/cross-cc kmod-native bc-native bison-native"
+DEPENDS += "virtual/cross-binutils virtual/cross-cc kmod-native bc-native bison-native gzip-native"
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains("INITRAMFS_FSTYPES", "cpio.lzo", "lzop-native", "", d)}"
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains("INITRAMFS_FSTYPES", "cpio.lz4", "lz4-native", "", d)}"
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains("INITRAMFS_FSTYPES", "cpio.zst", "zstd-native", "", d)}"
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains("KERNEL_IMAGETYPES", "Image.lz4", "lz4-native", "", d)}"
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "depmodwrapper-cross"
 
-do_deploy[depends] += "depmodwrapper-cross:do_populate_sysroot gzip-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_deploy[depends] += "depmodwrapper-cross:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_clean[depends] += "make-mod-scripts:do_clean"
 
 # CPE entries from NVD use linux_kernel, but the raw CVE entries from the kernel CNA have