diff -Nur a/gen_compile.sh b/gen_compile.sh
--- a/gen_compile.sh	2015-02-16 10:03:04.000000000 +0000
+++ b/gen_compile.sh	2017-12-22 20:42:03.648220913 +0000
@@ -293,10 +293,9 @@
     local firmware_in_kernel_line=`fgrep CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL "${KERNEL_OUTPUTDIR}"/.config`
     if [ -n "${firmware_in_kernel_line}" -a "${firmware_in_kernel_line}" != CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y ]
     then
-        print_info 1 "        >> Installing firmware ('make firmware_install') due to CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL != y..."
-        MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1" compile_generic "firmware_install" kernel
-    else
-        print_info 1 "        >> Not installing firmware as it's included in the kernel already (CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y)..."
+        print_info 1 "        >> Skip firmware installation as we rely on external linux-firmware package..."
+	else
+        print_info 1 "        >> Skip firmware installation as we rely on external linux-firmware package..."
     fi
 
     local tmp_kernel_binary=$(find_kernel_binary ${KERNEL_BINARY_OVERRIDE:-${KERNEL_BINARY}})