diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 757df89..08bff42 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ url="https://github.com/archlinux/linux/commits/$_srctag"
 arch=(x86_64)
 license=(GPL2)
 makedepends=(
-  bc kmod libelf pahole cpio perl tar xz
+  bc libelf pahole cpio perl tar xz
   xmlto python-sphinx python-sphinx_rtd_theme graphviz imagemagick
   git
 )
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ _package() {
   echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"
 
   echo "Installing modules..."
-  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install
+  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 \
+    DEPMOD=/doesnt/exist modules_install  # Suppress depmod
 
   # remove build and source links
   rm "$modulesdir"/{source,build}