diff --git a/eclass/kernel-build.eclass b/eclass/kernel-build.eclass
index 69a2689601fa0..29ee9f86e7e26 100644
--- a/eclass/kernel-build.eclass
+++ b/eclass/kernel-build.eclass
@@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ kernel-build_src_install() {
 
 			local dracut_modules=(
 				base bash btrfs cifs crypt crypt-gpg crypt-loop dbus dbus-daemon
-				dm dmraid drm dracut-systemd fido2 i18n fs-lib kernel-modules
+				dm dmraid dracut-systemd fido2 i18n fs-lib kernel-modules
 				kernel-network-modules kernel-modules-extra lunmask lvm nbd
 				mdraid modsign network network-manager nfs nvdimm nvmf pcsc
-				pkcs11 plymouth qemu qemu-net resume rngd rootfs-block shutdown
+				pkcs11 qemu qemu-net resume rngd rootfs-block shutdown
 				systemd systemd-ac-power systemd-ask-password systemd-initrd
 				systemd-integritysetup systemd-pcrphase systemd-sysusers
 				systemd-udevd systemd-veritysetup terminfo tpm2-tss udev-rules
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ kernel-build_src_install() {
 				--reproducible
 				--ro-mnt
 				--modules "${dracut_modules[*]}"
+				# Pulls in huge firmware files
+				--omit-drivers "nfp"
 			)
 
 			# Tries to update ld cache
@@ -433,7 +435,7 @@ kernel-build_src_install() {
 			local ukify_args=(
 				--linux="${image}"
 				--initrd="${image%/*}/initrd"
-				--cmdline="root=/dev/gpt-auto-root ro quiet splash"
+				--cmdline="root=/dev/gpt-auto-root ro"
 				--uname="${dir_ver}"
 				--output="${image%/*}/uki.efi"
 			)
diff --git a/eclass/kernel-install.eclass b/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
index 1cbb7d54d3de8..8c4d5c14fc034 100644
--- a/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
+++ b/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ if [[ ${KERNEL_IUSE_GENERIC_UKI} ]]; then
 		["dev-libs/openssl"]="Apache-2.0"
 		["dev-libs/userspace-rcu"]="LGPL-2.1"
 		["media-libs/libmtp"]="LGPL-2.1"
-		["media-libs/libpng"]="libpng2"
 		["media-libs/libv4l"]="LGPL-2.1+"
 		["net-dns/c-ares"]="MIT ISC"
 		["net-dns/libidn2"]="|| ( GPL-2+ LGPL-3+ ) GPL-3+ unicode"
@@ -159,15 +158,12 @@ if [[ ${KERNEL_IUSE_GENERIC_UKI} ]]; then
 		["sys-apps/nvme-cli"]="GPL-2 GPL-2+"
 		["sys-apps/pcsc-lite"]="BSD ISC MIT GPL-3+ GPL-2"
 		["sys-apps/rng-tools"]="GPL-2"
-		["sys-apps/sandbox"]="GPL-2"
 		["sys-apps/sed"]="GPL-3+"
 		["sys-apps/shadow"]="BSD GPL-2"
 		["sys-apps/systemd[boot(-),cryptsetup,pkcs11,policykit,tpm,ukify(-)]"]="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT public-domain"
 		["sys-apps/util-linux"]="GPL-2 GPL-3 LGPL-2.1 BSD-4 MIT public-domain"
 		["sys-auth/polkit"]="LGPL-2"
 		["sys-block/nbd"]="GPL-2"
-		["sys-block/open-isns"]="LGPL-2.1"
-		["sys-boot/plymouth"]="GPL-2"
 		["sys-devel/gcc"]="GPL-3+ LGPL-3+ || ( GPL-3+ libgcc libstdc++ gcc-runtime-library-exception-3.1 ) FDL-1.3+"
 		["sys-fs/btrfs-progs"]="GPL-2"
 		["sys-fs/cryptsetup"]="GPL-2+"
@@ -192,7 +188,6 @@ if [[ ${KERNEL_IUSE_GENERIC_UKI} ]]; then
 		["sys-libs/readline"]="GPL-3+"
 		["sys-libs/zlib"]="ZLIB"
 		["sys-process/procps"]="GPL-2+ LGPL-2+ LGPL-2.1+"
-		["x11-libs/libdrm"]="MIT"
 		["amd64? ( sys-firmware/intel-microcode )"]="amd64? ( intel-ucode )"
 		["x86? ( sys-firmware/intel-microcode )"]="x86? ( intel-ucode )"
 	)
@@ -772,10 +767,13 @@ kernel-install_compress_modules() {
 	debug-print-function ${FUNCNAME} "${@}"
 
 	if use module-compress; then
+		einfo "Compressing kernel modules ..."
 		# taken from scripts/Makefile.modinst
 		find "${ED}/lib" -name '*.ko' -exec \
 			xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB {} + || die
 	fi
+}
+
 fi
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS src_test pkg_preinst pkg_postinst pkg_prerm pkg_postrm