diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
index 050c20af70..fc6c39148d 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0"
 # kernel-related variables
 #
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ??= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "6.4%"
 
 #
 # XSERVER subcomponents, used to build the XSERVER variable
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
index 75cfbaf74b..aa9ce88203 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
@@ -29,8 +29,4 @@ QB_ROOTFS_OPT = "-drive id=disk0,file=@ROOTFS@,if=none,format=raw -device virtio
 QB_SERIAL_OPT = "-device virtio-serial-device -chardev null,id=virtcon -device virtconsole,chardev=virtcon"
 QB_TCPSERIAL_OPT = "-device virtio-serial-device -chardev socket,id=virtcon,port=@PORT@,host=127.0.0.1 -device virtconsole,chardev=virtcon"
 
-# 6.4 causes Xorg to fail to read the virtio framebuffer so stick with 6.1 until
-# that is resolved.
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "6.1%"
-
 KMACHINE:qemuarm = "qemuarma15"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
index deb4869c0a..f0a86f1e4c 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ QB_GRAPHICS = "-device virtio-gpu-pci"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
 QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "6.4%"
 KMACHINE:qemuarmv5 = "arm-versatile-926ejs"