diff --git a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf
index 28e250444fcfa2e25efe936025cbc37124654e3a..df6c5ddb6198685ec9474b31f1cadf9ef6e265f5 100644
--- a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf
+++ b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ ONIRO_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-af-packet"
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT} ${ONIRO_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES}"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.4%"
-
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDKMACHINE}-${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${TUNE_PKGARCH}-${MACHINE}"
 SDKPATHINSTALL = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"