diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 6059f87b159d..5575d0f06bab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ pref_address:		.quad LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR	# preferred load addr
 
 init_size:		.long INIT_SIZE		# kernel initialization size
 handover_offset:	.long 0			# Filled in by build.c
-kernel_info_offset:	.long 0			# Filled in by build.c
+kernel_info_offset:	.long ZO_kernel_info
 
 # End of setup header #####################################################
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
index 10b0207a6b18..14ef13fe7ab0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static unsigned long efi32_stub_entry;
 static unsigned long efi64_stub_entry;
 static unsigned long efi_pe_entry;
 static unsigned long efi32_pe_entry;
-static unsigned long kernel_info;
 static unsigned long _end;
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ static void parse_zoffset(char *fname)
 		PARSE_ZOFS(p, efi64_stub_entry);
 		PARSE_ZOFS(p, efi_pe_entry);
 		PARSE_ZOFS(p, efi32_pe_entry);
-		PARSE_ZOFS(p, kernel_info);
 		PARSE_ZOFS(p, _end);
 
 		p = strchr(p, '\n');
@@ -419,8 +417,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 	update_pecoff_text(setup_sectors * 512, i + (sys_size * 16));
 
 	efi_stub_entry_update();
-	/* Update kernel_info offset. */
-	put_unaligned_le32(kernel_info, &buf[0x268]);
 
 	crc = partial_crc32(buf, i, crc);
 	if (fwrite(buf, 1, i, dest) != i)