diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-base.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-base.sh
index 586f7c5f46c..97edaa93c8f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-base.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-base.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends "${EPHEMERAL[@]}"
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/container_pre_build.sh
 
-############### Build kernel
+############### Download prebuilt kernel
 
 export DEFCONFIG="arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig"
 export KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME=bzImage
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export KERNEL_ARCH=x86_64
 export DEBIAN_ARCH=amd64
 
 mkdir -p /lava-files/
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-kernel.sh
+. .gitlab-ci/container/download-prebuilt-kernel.sh
 
 # Needed for ci-fairy, this revision is able to upload files to MinIO
 # and doesn't depend on git
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/build-kernel.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/download-prebuilt-kernel.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .gitlab-ci/container/build-kernel.sh
rename to .gitlab-ci/container/download-prebuilt-kernel.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/lava_build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/lava_build.sh
index 10b2a2734c8..df2278a0820 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/lava_build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/lava_build.sh
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ if [[ -e ".gitlab-ci/local/build-rootfs.sh" ]]; then
 fi
 
 
-############### Build kernel
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-kernel.sh
+############### Download prebuilt kernel
+. .gitlab-ci/container/download-prebuilt-kernel.sh
 
 ############### Delete rust, since the tests won't be compiling anything.
 rm -rf /root/.cargo