diff -Nru a/scripts/depmod.sh b/scripts/depmod.sh
--- a/scripts/depmod.sh	2012-07-21 21:58:29.000000000 +0100
+++ b/scripts/depmod.sh	2012-08-07 00:31:44.400656765 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 fi
 # older versions of depmod require the version string to start with three
 # numbers, so we cheat with a symlink here
-depmod_hack_needed=true
+depmod_hack_needed=false
 tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/depmod.XXXXXX)
 mkdir -p "$tmp_dir/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE"
 if "$DEPMOD" -b "$tmp_dir" $KERNELRELEASE 2>/dev/null; then