diff --git a/eclass/linux-mod-r1.eclass b/eclass/linux-mod-r1.eclass
index 233610a7a5870..2a3dde6a31015 100644
--- a/eclass/linux-mod-r1.eclass
+++ b/eclass/linux-mod-r1.eclass
@@ -544,7 +544,11 @@ modules_post_process() {
 	(( ${#mods[@]} )) ||
 		die "${FUNCNAME[0]} was called with no installed modules under ${path}"
 
-	_modules_process_depmod.d "${mods[@]#"${path}/"}"
+	# TODO?: find way for sane use with dracut (its 90kernel-modules-extra
+	# parses depmod.d files directly and assumes should include its modules
+	# which can lead to unnecessarily increased size or stale modules)
+#	_modules_process_depmod.d "${mods[@]#"${path}/"}"
+
 	_modules_process_strip "${mods[@]}"
 	_modules_process_sign "${mods[@]}"
 	_modules_sanity_modversion "${mods[@]}" # after strip/sign in case broke it