diff --git a/devel-pre.sh b/devel-pre.sh
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index d545a29a..00000000
--- a/devel-pre.sh
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# handle update from an older kernel-source with linux-obj as symlink
-if [ -h /usr/src/linux-obj ]; then
-    rm -vf /usr/src/linux-obj
-fi