diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh
index aecb82195..430f13c93 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh
@@ -47,28 +47,20 @@ _create_iso() {
         echo "Generating initramdisks..."
         # init ramdisk
         _create_initrd_dir "${_ARCH}-init.conf"
-        . "/etc/archboot/${_ARCH}-init.conf"
-        _KERNEL="$(echo ${_KERNEL})"
         _create_cpio "${_W_DIR}/tmp/initrd" "../../init-${_ARCH}.img"
         if ! [[ "${_ARCH}" == "riscv64" ]]; then
             # local ramdisk
             echo "Generating local initramfs..."
             _create_initrd_dir "${_W_DIR}/tmp/initrd" "${_CONFIG_LOCAL}"
-            . "/etc/archboot/${_CONFIG_LOCAL}"
-            _KERNEL="$(echo ${_KERNEL})"
             _create_cpio "${_W_DIR}/tmp/initrd" "../../initrd-local-${_ARCH}.img"
             # latest ramdisk
             echo "Generating latest initramfs..."
             _create_initrd_dir "${_CONFIG_LATEST}"
-            . "/etc/archboot/${_CONFIG_LATEST}"
-            _KERNEL="$(echo ${_KERNEL})"
             _create_cpio "${_W_DIR}/tmp/initrd" "../../initrd-latest-${_ARCH}.img"
         fi
         # normal ramdisk
         echo "Generating normal initramfs..."
         _create_initrd_dir "${_ARCH}.conf"
-        . "/etc/archboot/${_ARCH}.conf"
-        _KERNEL="$(echo ${_KERNEL})"
         _create_cpio "${_W_DIR}/tmp/initrd" "../../initrd-${_ARCH}.img"
     fi
     # riscv64 does not support kexec at the moment