diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 6b1206e..2b09c09 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1892,15 +1892,7 @@
 
 INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_ARGS := --ramdisk $(recovery_ramdisk)
 
-ifeq (truetrue,$(strip $(BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE))$(strip $(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT)))
-
-ifneq (true,$(BOARD_EXCLUDE_KERNEL_FROM_RECOVERY_IMAGE))
-ifdef GENERIC_KERNEL_CMDLINE
-  INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_ARGS += --cmdline "$(GENERIC_KERNEL_CMDLINE)"
-endif # GENERIC_KERNEL_CMDLINE != ""
-endif # BOARD_EXCLUDE_KERNEL_FROM_RECOVERY_IMAGE != true
-
-else # not (BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE and BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT)
+ifneq (truetrue,$(strip $(BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE))$(strip $(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT)))
 INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_ARGS += $(addprefix --second ,$(INSTALLED_2NDBOOTLOADER_TARGET))
 # Assumes this has already been stripped
 ifneq (true,$(BOARD_EXCLUDE_KERNEL_FROM_RECOVERY_IMAGE))
@@ -4489,11 +4481,7 @@
 	cp $(firstword $(INSTALLED_KERNEL_TARGET)) $(zip_root)/$(PRIVATE_RECOVERY_OUT)/kernel
 endif
 endif
-ifeq (truetrue,$(strip $(BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE))$(strip $(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT)))
-ifneq (true,$(BOARD_EXCLUDE_KERNEL_FROM_RECOVERY_IMAGE))
-	echo "$(GENERIC_KERNEL_CMDLINE)" > $(zip_root)/$(PRIVATE_RECOVERY_OUT)/cmdline
-endif # BOARD_EXCLUDE_KERNEL_FROM_RECOVERY_IMAGE != true
-else # not (BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE and BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT)
+ifneq (truetrue,$(strip $(BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE))$(strip $(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT)))
 ifdef INSTALLED_2NDBOOTLOADER_TARGET
 	cp $(INSTALLED_2NDBOOTLOADER_TARGET) $(zip_root)/$(PRIVATE_RECOVERY_OUT)/second
 endif