diff --git a/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf b/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf
index a7969c751..9b9cb94a3 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf
+++ b/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ CONFIG_NR_CPUS=240
 # For security
 CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE=y
 CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y
+
+# Boot directly into the uncompressed kernel
+# Reduce memory footprint
+CONFIG_PVH=y
diff --git a/kernel/kata_config_version b/kernel/kata_config_version
index 78eb67cee..dd475631b 100644
--- a/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-75
+76
diff --git a/static-build/qemu.blacklist b/static-build/qemu.blacklist
index 0ac9daecb..7d18a641e 100644
--- a/static-build/qemu.blacklist
+++ b/static-build/qemu.blacklist
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ qemu_black_list=(
 */share/*/openbios-sparc64
 */share/*/palcode-clipper
 */share/*/ppc_rom.bin
-*/share/*/pvh.bin
 */share/*/pxe-*
 */share/*/QEMU,*
 */share/*/qemu_vga.ndrv