diff --git a/scripts/prune-kernel b/scripts/prune-kernel
index e8aa940bc0a9..dadfd0e47f89 100755
--- a/scripts/prune-kernel
+++ b/scripts/prune-kernel
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ do
                 rm -f "/boot/initramfs-$f.img" "/boot/System.map-$f"
                 rm -f "/boot/vmlinuz-$f"   "/boot/config-$f"
                 rm -rf "/lib/modules/$f"
-                new-kernel-pkg --remove $f
+                if [ -x "$(command -v new-kernel-pkg)" ]; then
+                        new-kernel-pkg --remove $f
+                elif [ -x "$(command -v kernel-install)" ]; then
+                        kernel-install remove $f
+                fi
         fi
 done