diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/cryptodev/cryptodev-module_%.bbappend b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/cryptodev/cryptodev-module_%.bbappend
deleted file mode 100644
index 23c454024..000000000
--- a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/cryptodev/cryptodev-module_%.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Digi International Inc.
-
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD = "cryptodev"
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
index ec99cbc41..20a1a6e4c 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
     base-passwd \
     connectcore-demo-example \
     cloudconnector \
-    cryptodev-module \
     dualboot \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'firmwared', '',d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps}", "", d)} \