diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
index 3085263..9154bb7 100644
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@
 # provide this .inc to set specific revisions
 include recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev-revisions.inc
 
-# Skip processing of this recipe if it is not explicitly specified as the
-# PREFERRED_PROVIDER for virtual/kernel. This avoids network access required
-# by the use of AUTOREV SRCREVs, which are the default for this recipe.
-python () {
-    if d.getVar("PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel", True) != "linux-yocto-dev":
-        raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("Set PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel to linux-yocto-dev to enable it")
-}
-
 KBRANCH = "standard/base"
 KMETA = "kernel-meta"
 
@@ -36,12 +28,14 @@
 SRCREV_machine ?= '${@oe.utils.conditional("PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel", "linux-yocto-dev", "${AUTOREV}", "29594404d7fe73cd80eaa4ee8c43dcc53970c60e", d)}'
 SRCREV_meta ?= '${@oe.utils.conditional("PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel", "linux-yocto-dev", "${AUTOREV}", "29594404d7fe73cd80eaa4ee8c43dcc53970c60e", d)}'
 
-LINUX_VERSION ?= "4.6-rc+"
+LINUX_VERSION ?= "4.8-rc+"
 LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yoctodev-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
 PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64)"
 
+KERNEL_DEVICETREE_qemuarm = "versatile-pb.dtb"
+
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc features/taskstats/taskstats.scc"
 KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " ${KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES}"