diff --git a/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS b/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS
index b70b58b..c2a969a 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS
+++ b/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 kmod
 btrfs-progs
 dosfstools
-linux-lts
+linux-modules
diff --git a/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN b/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN
index c90c0e6..f79bf25 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN
+++ b/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ GCC_EXTRACFG="--disable-libmpx --disable-cet"
 BINUTILS_EXTRACFG="--disable-cet"
 
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux]="linux-lts"
+PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux-modules]="linux-lts"
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[release]="release-alix"
 
 LINUX_TGT="bzImage modules"
diff --git a/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS b/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS
index cf239ed..6558e11 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS
+++ b/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-linux-lts
+linux-modules
diff --git a/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN b/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN
index 5b27c95..66f4fe5 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN
+++ b/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ GCC_EXTRACFG="--enable-libmpx"
 BINUTILS_EXTRACFG=""
 
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux]="linux-lts"
+PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux-modules]="linux-lts"
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[release]="release-qemu"
 
 LINUX_TGT="bzImage"
diff --git a/layer/bsp-rpi3/ROOTFS b/layer/bsp-rpi3/ROOTFS
index cce83ff..318fef9 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-rpi3/ROOTFS
+++ b/layer/bsp-rpi3/ROOTFS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 kmod
 btrfs-progs
 dosfstools
-linux-rpi3
+linux-modules
 firmware-rpi3
 linux-firmware-rpi3
 kbd
diff --git a/layer/bsp-rpi3/TOOLCHAIN b/layer/bsp-rpi3/TOOLCHAIN
index d739960..a288df4 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-rpi3/TOOLCHAIN
+++ b/layer/bsp-rpi3/TOOLCHAIN
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ GCC_EXTRACFG="--with-float=hard --with-fpu=neon-vfpv3"
 BINUTILS_EXTRACFG=""
 
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux]="linux-rpi3"
+PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux-modules]="linux-rpi3"
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[release]="release-rpi3"
 
 LINUX_TGT="zImage dtbs modules"
diff --git a/pkg/linux-lts/build b/pkg/linux-lts/build
index 0b5f6bf..20e6118 100755
--- a/pkg/linux-lts/build
+++ b/pkg/linux-lts/build
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TARBALL="linux-$VERSION.tar.xz"
 URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$MAJOR.x"
 SHA256SUM="a326d1154324aee3dd9a25ac44bc4ce7242ded097d4ca2e4c131e6f32918e7d9"
 DEPENDS="initrd"
+SUBPKG="linux linux-modules"
 
 get_linux_cpu() {
 	case "$TARGET" in
@@ -58,28 +59,28 @@ deploy() {
 	local target
 
 	mkdir -p "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/boot" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/lib/modules"
+	touch "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux.desc" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux.files"
+	touch "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-modules.desc"
+	touch "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-modules.files"
 
 	for target in $LINUX_TGT; do
 		case $target in
 		*Image)
-			cp "arch/$LINUX_CPU/boot/$target" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/boot/vmlinuz"
-			echo "dir boot 0755 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.files"
-			echo "file boot/vmlinuz 0755 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.files"
+			cp "arch/$LINUX_CPU/boot/$target" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/vmlinuz"
+			echo "file vmlinuz 0755 0 0" > "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux.files"
 			;;
 		modules)
 			export KBUILD_OUTPUT="$PKGBUILDDIR"
 			make -C "$SOURCE" O="$PKGBUILDDIR" ARCH="$LINUX_CPU" CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET}-" INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$PKGDEPLOYDIR" modules_install
 
-			echo "dir lib 0755 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.files"
-			echo "dir lib/modules 0755 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.files"
+			echo "dir lib 0755 0 0" > "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-modules.files"
 
-			pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/lib" |\
-				sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.files"
+			pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/lib" | \
+				sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" \
+				    >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-modules.files"
 			;;
 		esac
 	done
-
-	cp $SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/*.desc "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
 }
 
 check_update() {
diff --git a/pkg/linux-lts/linux-lts.desc b/pkg/linux-lts/linux-lts.desc
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/pkg/linux-rpi3/build b/pkg/linux-rpi3/build
index 3802781..890f143 100755
--- a/pkg/linux-rpi3/build
+++ b/pkg/linux-rpi3/build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TARBALL="raspberrypi-kernel_${VERSION}.tar.gz"
 URL="https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive"
 SHA256SUM="57ec23478db884eafe8fefd0bc1dbf557e93eda36fda1fe6a1db26e4b3f6fd12"
 DEPENDS="initrd"
+SUBPKG="linux linux-modules"
 
 check_update() {
 	local version=$(echo $VERSION | sed 's/-/./g')
diff --git a/pkg/linux-rpi3/linux-rpi3.desc b/pkg/linux-rpi3/linux-rpi3.desc
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/pkg/release-alix/build b/pkg/release-alix/build
index a4287c0..905ed1a 100755
--- a/pkg/release-alix/build
+++ b/pkg/release-alix/build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DEPENDS="rootfs"
+DEPENDS="rootfs linux"
 SUBPKG="release"
 
 build() {
diff --git a/pkg/release-qemu/build b/pkg/release-qemu/build
index 35abd1e..a6936dd 100755
--- a/pkg/release-qemu/build
+++ b/pkg/release-qemu/build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DEPENDS="rootfs"
+DEPENDS="rootfs linux"
 SUBPKG="release"
 
 build() {
diff --git a/pkg/release-rpi3/build b/pkg/release-rpi3/build
index 8e09206..d2bd6e2 100755
--- a/pkg/release-rpi3/build
+++ b/pkg/release-rpi3/build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DEPENDS="rootfs boot-rpi3"
+DEPENDS="rootfs boot-rpi3 linux"
 SUBPKG="release"
 
 build() {
diff --git a/pkg/rootfs/build b/pkg/rootfs/build
index 2db6829..49d6e1f 100755
--- a/pkg/rootfs/build
+++ b/pkg/rootfs/build
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ _EOF
 	sed -i 's#etc/#cfg/preserve/etc/#g' "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
 	sed -i 's#var/lib/#cfg/preserve/var_lib/#g' "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
 	sed -i 's#usr/#cfg/preserve/usr/#g' "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
-
-	# don't add stuff for the boot partition to the squashfs image
-	mv $TCDIR/$TARGET/boot/* "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
-
-	grep -v "^boot/" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo" > "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo.temp"
-	mv "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo.temp" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
-	echo "boot m 750 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
 }
 
 deploy() {
diff --git a/pkg/rootfs/rootfs.files b/pkg/rootfs/rootfs.files
index d7b8cb8..cc66e05 100644
--- a/pkg/rootfs/rootfs.files
+++ b/pkg/rootfs/rootfs.files
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 file rootfs.img 0755 0 0
-file vmlinuz 0755 0 0