diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc
index 8848581f..5d1b8ac0 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${FILE_DIRNAME}/files:"
 
 KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR = "${@d.getVar('PV').split('.')[0] + '.' + d.getVar('PV').split('.')[1]}"
 
+KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}.y-cip"
 KERNEL_DEFCONFIG ?= "${MACHINE}_defconfig"
 
 require recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.19.288-cip101-rt32.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.19.288-cip101-rt32.bb
index 23a7fec4..a8e75020 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.19.288-cip101-rt32.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.19.288-cip101-rt32.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-rt-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "4.19.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "faf282166d669a1d4a044963199804b9cf7272041bf723d62a5162303e443219"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.4.302-cip78-rt45.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.4.302-cip78-rt45.bb
index 1ebc5b63..478786b8 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.4.302-cip78-rt45.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_4.4.302-cip78-rt45.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-rt-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "4.4.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ef3e1dd8ea1445d3b1321ff158f41a50f5319f81539d17110eab4a1cc2f79fde"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_5.10.186-cip37-rt15.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_5.10.186-cip37-rt15.bb
index 4ac1b6eb..277c1612 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_5.10.186-cip37-rt15.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_5.10.186-cip37-rt15.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-rt-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "5.10.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "076f4b1019a37fe03aa53ad47e2f530316d2190608200c5c09557b84651797e5"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_6.1.46-cip4-rt2.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_6.1.46-cip4-rt2.bb
index b6f3eabc..5a00b6de 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_6.1.46-cip4-rt2.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-rt_6.1.46-cip4-rt2.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "6.1.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "29f926c8755a503baa3e34bb967437e230075c9d9798c22415248983e9f53666"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.19.292-cip102.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.19.292-cip102.bb
index c6285118..3df4a946 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.19.292-cip102.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.19.292-cip102.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "4.19.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "15e962738fcf4e98189f887c4d80037b04dcaaa227a0aaa6c7447b7367f6dac2"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.302-cip79.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.302-cip79.bb
index a14259f6..68483c79 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.302-cip79.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.302-cip79.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "4.4.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "cc84633377b3e46e48b25fba7061fdea319a44b541d466221707a014c0136e41"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_5.10.191-cip38.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_5.10.191-cip38.bb
index edd7a958..73008c05 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_5.10.191-cip38.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_5.10.191-cip38.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "5.10.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "285dee8d7076fa4ac236167c0be10122f7eac5052e2ec20379fdf5be6452ec79"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_6.1.52-cip5.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_6.1.52-cip5.bb
index ccc921a0..2f2367b2 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_6.1.52-cip5.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_6.1.52-cip5.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@
 
 require linux-cip-common.inc
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION ?= "6.1.y-cip"
-
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b2271049dface2d9220d185f58d567f593fcd94cd7819ab0e6a3c131c02d97c7"
