diff --git a/scripts/60-update-initrd_le5 b/scripts/60-update-initrd_le5
index b003d3e4d090d0588d1233feb317d2ab93af50f6..1983d048112a6f3fecf80dcfa77ccddf21846652 100755
--- a/scripts/60-update-initrd_le5
+++ b/scripts/60-update-initrd_le5
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ cp -f "$TEMPLATES"/casper/10adduser ./scripts/casper-bottom/25adduser
 find | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | lzma -7 \
     > $CDDIR/casper/initrd.lz
 
-if [ -e "$TMP/NEW_KERNEL" ]; then
-    cp -af $(sed 's/initrd.img/vmlinuz/g' <<< $INITRD) \
-        "$CDDIR"/casper/vmlinuz
-fi
+cp -af $(sed 's/initrd.img/vmlinuz/g' <<< $INITRD) \
+    "$CDDIR"/casper/vmlinuz
 
 cd "$PREFIX"
 
diff --git a/scripts/60-update-initrd_minicom b/scripts/60-update-initrd_minicom
index 26ca591cbee8cbe6ee84077ca827588576b7c960..105b098b687f348305904e5577e391f8709e25b9 100755
--- a/scripts/60-update-initrd_minicom
+++ b/scripts/60-update-initrd_minicom
@@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ find | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | lzma -7 \
     > $CDDIR/casper/initrd.lz
 set -o pipefail
 
-if [ -e "$TMP/NEW_KERNEL" ]; then
-    cp -af $(sed 's/initrd.img/vmlinuz/g' <<< $INITRD) \
+cp -af $(sed 's/initrd.img/vmlinuz/g' <<< $INITRD) \
         "$CDDIR"/casper/vmlinuz
-fi
 
 cd "$PREFIX"