diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart
index 8429ad6c..31e1a679 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ reboot
 
 %packages
 @^minimal-environment
+#-kernel-uek # This can opt out of the UEK for the relevant distribution
 chrony
 rsync
 python3