diff --git a/changelog/changes/2026-07-28-delete-acenic.md b/changelog/changes/2026-07-28-delete-acenic.md
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Deleted ACENIC deprecated ethernet drivers from Kernel config to be able to build linux-firmware 20260622 or later. ([Flatcar#2205](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/2205))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12
index 527b3026ff5..a97b740cbe4 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ CONFIG_9P_FS=m
 CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE=y
 CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
 CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY=y
-CONFIG_ACENIC=m
 CONFIG_ACPI=y
 CONFIG_ALX=m
 CONFIG_AMD8111_ETH=m