diff --git a/config/sources/families/odroidxu4.conf b/config/sources/families/odroidxu4.conf
index db806cec75..fe858022a7 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/odroidxu4.conf
+++ b/config/sources/families/odroidxu4.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ case $BRANCH in
 	current)
 
 		KERNELSOURCE='https://github.com/hardkernel/linux'
-		export KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR="5.4" # Major and minor versions of this kernel.
+		declare -g KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR="5.4"           # Major and minor versions of this kernel.
+		declare -g KERNEL_SKIP_MAKEFILE_VERSION="yes" # Armbian patches change the version here, so no use having it in the version string.
 		KERNELBRANCH='branch:odroid-5.4.y'
 		KERNELDIR='linux-odroidxu4'
 		;;