diff --git a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/Manifest b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/Manifest
index f3d6618..01b170e 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/Manifest
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-AUX linux-6.1.amd64.config 175007 BLAKE2B 2c8512a5fa4b8afc081fe1e637af6de3bf0c4b2e9bfd774b89e80a06864e441934db9b5511f8ac275cc7593a07ce427dd8d93aaf45f5e86fee2b278a8ee06dc4 SHA512 2f23b03d6f4dcea699be1614758bb5398495ae7b8bf2185270db1cc212efcbf0aa061708dd2ddcee27a4682c9b2539264141a93aeb6c3155f10914cd1555cc3d
+AUX linux-6.1.amd64.config 174782 BLAKE2B 0e4a6382a52a14dc8f7fcb7d0912b9509cba70119a4d9818cf30af0a2b1c1d8a47fda164b5190c0916c90d7aaf106c82dcd79b8de9aaf9cb50c97501bd43b5a9 SHA512 dcb15715c26a4790782594c53a4c7614a85b141a5c2bca790189012a115be5bfcdc3119854ced8fa7b6668c4f32d2472b60af975fba262c355181bd6dab5c590
 DIST genpatches-6.1-77.base.tar.xz 4198960 BLAKE2B 9c6921ca87ec2c3338107a994d6e094c6bf4ca5a705f21b3efa2803454327782ccf2cefa78b2a1bfa59413402d5d89b757a5522b86943c8c8c5d97592138758a SHA512 34daab45df35b30a5bc155aa82b074f6516bb1af7b2976590f88d88e25f6e8ae369fd1299f7e2f645c045b29d6b805dd07291ab45c212a9aa27df566dd6aca96
 DIST genpatches-6.1-77.extras.tar.xz 3816 BLAKE2B 2129b36991f127c4bb4783a535a2d58bbe8ba9f4f139f7b70bf41a1c54bc2ac9026cdf3e3662f47c28118844ff40b6ad1c8da1c5fa8f1f4edc768fa69cae2083 SHA512 1de0ce45d9a0a1555faa92842f884cbaed8f5e727e4e59cbafc31326c9a183acc4954b2cdba1bec2019466545870ead8b5300f419533e30386aa2a36f6606a9a
 DIST linux-6.1.tar.xz 134728520 BLAKE2B ae60257860b2bd1bd708d183f0443afc60ebbd2b3d535c45e44c2e541bd0928530a3b62de6385dd4e4726ebbedcc0a871d4f3ffb4105b9f1f6d8ed7467f5688e SHA512 6ed2a73c2699d0810e54753715635736fc370288ad5ce95c594f2379959b0e418665cd71bc512a0273fe226fe90074d8b10d14c209080a6466498417a4fdda68
 DIST linux-hardened-6.1.69-hardened1.patch 100238 BLAKE2B 4f5165e261273e040bf4a12e6759ce817e30560562ae129ed2fa76fc20ffc510f8380a1221c743c59b0d1e4c811fa704941bc1a6c02b243857eaaba1ecaebce5 SHA512 17813e6b55a2f6e614a2ec80ceac3cb14fd3beb807cd594dcb47df5456f6b8a5d6396b131cbdabb0582e47b0a7771b0444e97f77d5e57fd899e60550a2c32b01
-EBUILD hardened-kernel-6.1.69.ebuild 3046 BLAKE2B 9c9e690ec0c5ed33e221f7a1f5a7ae9855a0abb1b34bbe4b96decc9d626d0760dd3d7bd231e9f63c8e8cb15bc81c10e155ce5d2ed0fcd71920021fa0206f4ea3 SHA512 f63dc5907458eb0f53b2eb15aa7f7dc117738facbd57aa521e9bb3b41f2f7262c1ee42c664503a257e8f1821b215c48b00b19ce62e75f1a78a56f82813daf0ab
+EBUILD hardened-kernel-6.1.69.ebuild 2978 BLAKE2B 70f353bd642de513cfd448c763aafa8a98deb0bfbd652d4ca63cff103af370bf851eded7d7a1597de08ae177b72932f5832be0f0c1d02aaac3794b2ed99f7ad1 SHA512 f0df36ced965c4b4ff077f87705f76e18912f302edfff7eeabf52f7905e75432957e68925a6d0b393d6347139c5fd9494bcdbef4d1e9a06af00c49f3c9f9e997
 MISC metadata.xml 345 BLAKE2B 4003222d76459210cbeba27d68bcef9b42f500dd3dafe53505dae42004c5224eeae395fb30d7582de614654d2fde19d118c8c31fbc35e5335c9150d93f42efc9 SHA512 994d288cd16858bad3177d383a279f0f549ddf40ef87c62683815540b331bd48d4afa4d0c6af947e409c58f8abb5e1da045bb98dc00a422ea724cdf0610d6619
diff --git a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/files/linux-6.1.amd64.config b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/files/linux-6.1.amd64.config
index 1277812..c97a420 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/files/linux-6.1.amd64.config
+++ b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/files/linux-6.1.amd64.config
@@ -230,9 +230,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 # CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/usr/share/initramfs-image/initramfs.cpio"
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=0
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=0
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
 # CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
@@ -240,9 +238,6 @@ CONFIG_RD_XZ=y
 # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
 CONFIG_RD_ZSTD=y
-# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ is not set
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_ZSTD=y
-# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE is not set
 CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG=y
 # CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED is not set
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME=y
diff --git a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.1.69.ebuild b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.1.69.ebuild
index 73c0675..9967be6 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.1.69.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.1.69.ebuild
@@ -31,11 +31,8 @@ IUSE="debug extra-hardened"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="extra-hardened? ( !debug )"
 
-BDEPEND="
-	!initramfs? ( sys-kernel/initramfs-image )
-	app-crypt/sbsigntools
-	sys-firmware/intel-microcode
-	debug? ( dev-util/dwarves )"
+BDEPEND="sys-firmware/intel-microcode
+		debug? ( dev-util/dwarves )"
 RDEPEND="
 	!sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel:${SLOT}
 	!sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin:${SLOT}