diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 9a12805..1e9e005 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ build() {
     sed -i "s|CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=.*|CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\"${_kernelname}\"|g" ./.config
   fi
 
-  # remove the extraversion from Makefile
+  # remove the sublevel from Makefile
   # this ensures our kernel version is always 3.X-ARCH
   # this way, minor kernel updates will not break external modules
   # we need to change this soon, see FS#16702
-  sed -i 's|^EXTRAVERSION = .*$|EXTRAVERSION = |g' Makefile
+  sed -ri 's|^(SUBLEVEL =).*|\1|' Makefile
 
   # get kernel version
   make prepare
diff --git a/linux.install b/linux.install
index 17e27ec..bee5952 100644
--- a/linux.install
+++ b/linux.install
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # arg 2:  the old package version
 
 KERNEL_NAME=
-KERNEL_VERSION=3.0.0-ARCH
+KERNEL_VERSION=3.0-ARCH
 
 post_install () {
   # updating module dependencies