diff --git a/packages/kernel-5.10/Cargo.toml b/packages/kernel-5.10/Cargo.toml
index a72cc61429c..1c88f1a9cef 100644
--- a/packages/kernel-5.10/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/kernel-5.10/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ publish = false
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [package.metadata.build-package]
+variant-sensitive = true
 package-name = "kernel-5.10"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/packages/kernel-5.10/kernel-5.10.spec b/packages/kernel-5.10/kernel-5.10.spec
index 9edb31b5c82..4e6b8e8b174 100644
--- a/packages/kernel-5.10/kernel-5.10.spec
+++ b/packages/kernel-5.10/kernel-5.10.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 %global debug_package %{nil}
+%global _is_metal_variant %(if echo %{_cross_variant} | grep -Fqw "metal"; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
 
 Name: %{_cross_os}kernel-5.10
 Version: 5.10.118
@@ -95,7 +96,10 @@ scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh \
   ../config-microcode \
 %endif
   %{SOURCE100} \
+%if %{_is_metal_variant}
   %{SOURCE101}
+%endif
+
 rm -f ../config-* ../*.patch
 
 %global kmake \
diff --git a/packages/kernel-5.15/Cargo.toml b/packages/kernel-5.15/Cargo.toml
index 3e19590dd49..94dd6ff7685 100644
--- a/packages/kernel-5.15/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/kernel-5.15/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ publish = false
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [package.metadata.build-package]
+variant-sensitive = true
 package-name = "kernel-5.15"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/packages/kernel-5.15/kernel-5.15.spec b/packages/kernel-5.15/kernel-5.15.spec
index ec5b4d76f0a..dd2f79df845 100644
--- a/packages/kernel-5.15/kernel-5.15.spec
+++ b/packages/kernel-5.15/kernel-5.15.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 %global debug_package %{nil}
+%global _is_metal_variant %(if echo %{_cross_variant} | grep -Fqw "metal"; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
 
 Name: %{_cross_os}kernel-5.15
 Version: 5.15.43
@@ -93,7 +94,10 @@ scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh \
   ../config-microcode \
 %endif
   %{SOURCE100} \
+%if %{_is_metal_variant}
   %{SOURCE101}
+%endif
+
 rm -f ../config-* ../*.patch
 
 %global kmake \