diff --git a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
index f7dee77..3219a23 100644
--- a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
+++ b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
@@ -130,11 +130,13 @@
 }
 
 do_deploy_append() {
-    # Deploy cmdline.txt
-    install -d ${DEPLOYDIR}/${BOOTFILES_DIR_NAME}
-    PITFT="${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "pitft", "1", "0", d)}"
-    if [ ${PITFT} = "1" ]; then
-        PITFT_PARAMS="fbcon=map:10 fbcon=font:VGA8x8"
+    # Deploy cmdline.txt only for the main kernel package
+    if [ ${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME} = "kernel" ]; then
+        install -d ${DEPLOYDIR}/${BOOTFILES_DIR_NAME}
+        PITFT="${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "pitft", "1", "0", d)}"
+        if [ ${PITFT} = "1" ]; then
+            PITFT_PARAMS="fbcon=map:10 fbcon=font:VGA8x8"
+        fi
+        echo "${CMDLINE}${PITFT_PARAMS}" > ${DEPLOYDIR}/${BOOTFILES_DIR_NAME}/cmdline.txt
     fi
-    echo "${CMDLINE}${PITFT_PARAMS}" > ${DEPLOYDIR}/${BOOTFILES_DIR_NAME}/cmdline.txt
 }