diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
index 5940cc9..0c98535 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@
 	fi
 
 	cp -a include $kerneldir/build/include
+
+	# we don't usually copy generated files, since they can be rebuilt on the target,
+	# but without this file, we get a forced syncconfig run in v5.8+, which prompts and
+	# breaks workflows.
+	cp -a --parents include/generated/autoconf.h $kerneldir/build 2>/dev/null || :
     )
 
     # now grab the chunks from the source tree that we need
@@ -249,6 +254,17 @@
     # Copy .config to include/config/auto.conf so "make prepare" is unnecessary.
     cp $kerneldir/build/.config $kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf
 
+    # make sure these are at least as old as the .config, or rebuilds will trigger
+    touch -r $kerneldir/build/.config $kerneldir/build/include/generated/autoconf.h 2>/dev/null || :
+    touch -r $kerneldir/build/.config $kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf* 2>/dev/null || :
+
+    if [ -e "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd" ]; then
+        sed -i 's/ifneq "$(CC)" ".*-linux-gcc.*$/ifneq "$(CC)" "gcc"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
+        sed -i 's/ifneq "$(LD)" ".*-linux-ld.bfd.*$/ifneq "$(LD)" "ld"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
+        sed -i 's/ifneq "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)".*\(gcc.*\)"/ifneq "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" "\1"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
+        sed -i 's/ifneq "$(srctree)" ".*"/ifneq "$(srctree)" "."/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
+    fi
+
     # make the scripts python3 safe. We won't be running these, and if they are
     # left as /usr/bin/python rootfs assembly will fail, since we only have python3
     # in the RDEPENDS (and the python3 package does not include /usr/bin/python)