diff --git a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc
index 0b9baac..6b2b697 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc
+++ b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ inherit cmake
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-# Default to a stable version
-PREFERRED_VERSION_zephyr-kernel ??= "3.6.0"
 require recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src-${PREFERRED_VERSION_zephyr-kernel}.inc