diff --git a/include/target.mk b/include/target.mk
index 83455723ea..676b983271 100644
--- a/include/target.mk
+++ b/include/target.mk
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ define BuildTargets/DumpCurrent
   dumpinfo:
 	@echo 'Target: $(TARGETID)'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Board: $(BOARD)'; \
-	 echo 'Target-Kernel: $(KERNEL)'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Name: $(BOARDNAME)$(if $(SUBTARGETS),$(if $(SUBTARGET),))'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Path: $(subst $(TOPDIR)/,,$(PWD))'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Arch: $(ARCH)'; \
diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pl b/scripts/metadata.pl
index 3de4087980..138232f435 100755
--- a/scripts/metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pl
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ sub parse_target_metadata() {
 				$target->{parent} = $target{$1};
 			}
 		};
-		/^Target-Kernel:\s*(\d+\.\d+)\s*$/ and $target->{kernel} = $1;
 		/^Target-Name:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{name} = $1;
 		/^Target-Path:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{path} = $1;
 		/^Target-Arch:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{arch} = $1;