diff --git a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src-4.2.0.inc b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src-4.2.0.inc
index 9ec8c88..40bfb6c 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src-4.2.0.inc
+++ b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src-4.2.0.inc
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ SRC_URI_ZEPHYR_ZCBOR ?= "git://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zcbor;protocol=http
 
 SRC_URI_PATCHES ?= "\
     file://0001-v4.2.0-x86-fix-efi-binary-generation-issue-in-cross-compila.patch;patchdir=zephyr \
-    file://0001-fix-unable-find-gen_kobject_list.py.patch;patchdir=zephyr \
 "
 
 SRC_URI = "\
diff --git a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc
index a1ee973..d89610f 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc
+++ b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src.inc
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
 
 require recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-src-${PREFERRED_VERSION_zephyr-kernel}.inc
 
+# The patch to fix the issue of gen_kobject_list.py not being found is required
+# for Zephyr 4.2.0 and above, but it doesn't apply to Zephyr 4.1.0 and below version,
+# so we conditionally add it to the SRC_URI based on the version of zephyr-kernel
+# being built.
+SRC_URI:append = "\
+    ${@'file://0001-fix-unable-find-gen_kobject_list.py.patch;patchdir=zephyr' if bb.utils.vercmp_string(d.getVar('PREFERRED_VERSION_zephyr-kernel'), '4.2.0') >= 0 else ''} \
+"
+
 # python3-jsonschema-native is required starting from Zephyr 4.3.0
 DEPENDS += "\
     ${@'python3-jsonschema-native' if bb.utils.vercmp_string(d.getVar('PREFERRED_VERSION_zephyr-kernel'), '4.3.0') >= 0 else ''} \