diff --git a/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix b/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
index ef1b9dc..26e0d72 100644
--- a/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
   # Boot & Hardware (migrated to kernel bootloader per nixos-raspberrypi deprecation notice)
   boot.loader.raspberry-pi.bootloader = "kernel";
-  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
+  # kernel managed by nixos-raspberrypi module — don't override, patches are version-specific
+  # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
 
   # Networking
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true;