diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 39b8e772c4..7900263f00 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -6540,7 +6540,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BUILD_EMULATOR),true)
 INTERNAL_EMULATOR_PACKAGE_FILES += \
         $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/emulator$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX) \
-        prebuilts/qemu-kernel/$(TARGET_ARCH)/kernel-qemu \
         $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET) \
         $(INSTALLED_SYSTEMIMAGE_TARGET) \
         $(INSTALLED_USERDATAIMAGE_TARGET)