diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 3f2f75a..a75c199 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -89,17 +89,13 @@ kernel_do_compile() {
 	if test "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE}.gz" = "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}"; then
 		gzip -9c < "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE}" > "${KERNEL_OUTPUT}"
 	fi
-}
 
-do_compile_kernelmodules() {
-	unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS MACHINE
 	if (grep -q -i -e '^CONFIG_MODULES=y$' .config); then
-		oe_runmake ${PARALLEL_MAKE} modules  CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"
+		oe_runmake modules  CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"
 	else
 		bbnote "no modules to compile"
 	fi
 }
-addtask compile_kernelmodules after do_compile before do_install
 
 kernel_do_install() {
 	#