diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
index c4eaa485072..1c25e48ac64 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ func ImageCatalogers(cfg Config) []pkg.Cataloger {
 		java.NewJavaCataloger(cfg.Java()),
 		java.NewNativeImageCataloger(),
 		javascript.NewPackageCataloger(),
-		kernel.NewLinuxKernelCataloger(cfg.Kernel()),
 		nix.NewStoreCataloger(),
 		php.NewComposerInstalledCataloger(),
 		portage.NewPortageCataloger(),
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ func DirectoryCatalogers(cfg Config) []pkg.Cataloger {
 		java.NewJavaPomCataloger(),
 		java.NewNativeImageCataloger(),
 		javascript.NewLockCataloger(),
-		kernel.NewLinuxKernelCataloger(cfg.Kernel()),
 		nix.NewStoreCataloger(),
 		php.NewComposerLockCataloger(),
 		portage.NewPortageCataloger(),
diff --git a/test/cli/packages_cmd_test.go b/test/cli/packages_cmd_test.go
index 53e4d20e371..08ce77a1798 100644
--- a/test/cli/packages_cmd_test.go
+++ b/test/cli/packages_cmd_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "squashed-scope-flag",
 			args: []string{"packages", "-o", "json", "-s", "squashed", coverageImage},
 			assertions: []traitAssertion{
-				assertPackageCount(37),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				// the application config in the log matches that of what we expect to have been configured.
 				assertInOutput("parallelism: 2"),
 				assertInOutput("parallelism=2"),
-				assertPackageCount(37),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				// the application config in the log matches that of what we expect to have been configured.
 				assertInOutput("parallelism: 1"),
 				assertInOutput("parallelism=1"),
-				assertPackageCount(37),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			assertions: []traitAssertion{
 				assertNotInOutput("secret_password"),
 				assertNotInOutput("secret_key_path"),
-				assertPackageCount(37),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/test/integration/catalog_packages_cases_test.go b/test/integration/catalog_packages_cases_test.go
index a7cbaf02dc8..bc3acbdf2fd 100644
--- a/test/integration/catalog_packages_cases_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/catalog_packages_cases_test.go
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@ type testCase struct {
 }
 
 var imageOnlyTestCases = []testCase{
-	{
-		name:    "find kernel packages",
-		pkgType: pkg.LinuxKernelPkg,
-		pkgInfo: map[string]string{
-			"linux-kernel": "6.0.7-301.fc37.x86_64",
-		},
-	},
-	{
-		name:    "find kernel module packages",
-		pkgType: pkg.LinuxKernelModulePkg,
-		pkgInfo: map[string]string{
-			"ttynull": "",
-		},
-	},
 	{
 		name:        "find gemspec packages",
 		pkgType:     pkg.GemPkg,
diff --git a/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go b/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go
index 7819889385f..8b65ed9a9ba 100644
--- a/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ func TestPkgCoverageImage(t *testing.T) {
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.HackagePkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.BinaryPkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.HexPkg))
+	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.LinuxKernelPkg))
+	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.LinuxKernelModulePkg))
 
 	var cases []testCase
 	cases = append(cases, commonTestCases...)
@@ -220,9 +222,9 @@ func TestPkgCoverageDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	definedLanguages.Remove(pkg.UnknownLanguage.String())
 	observedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.UnknownPkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.BinaryPkg))
-	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.UnknownPkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.LinuxKernelPkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.LinuxKernelModulePkg))
+	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.UnknownPkg))
 
 	// for directory scans we should not expect to see any of the following package types
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.KbPkg))