diff --git a/config/amd64/defines.toml b/config/amd64/defines.toml
index d340a09..1d6bb55 100644
--- a/config/amd64/defines.toml
+++ b/config/amd64/defines.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ config = [
  'amd64/config.cloud-amd64',
  'config.gardenlinux'
 ]
-[flavour.defs]
-is_quick = true
 [flavour.description]
 hardware = 'x86-64 cloud'
 hardware_long = 'cloud platforms including Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, and Google Compute Engine'
diff --git a/config/arm64/defines.toml b/config/arm64/defines.toml
index 1b51e9d..04d73f2 100644
--- a/config/arm64/defines.toml
+++ b/config/arm64/defines.toml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ config = [
  'arm64/config.cloud-arm64',
  'config.gardenlinux'
 ]
-[flavour.defs]
-is_quick = true
 [flavour.description]
 hardware = 'arm64 cloud'
 hardware_long = 'cloud platforms supporting arm64 virtual machines'
diff --git a/config/defines.toml b/config/defines.toml
index ee6ad3e..f7891c6 100644
--- a/config/defines.toml
+++ b/config/defines.toml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ breaks = [
 
 [[debianrelease]]
 name_regex = 'gardenlinux'
-revision_regex = '\d+gl(\d+)?(~bp\d+)?(~dev)?'
+revision_regex = '\dexperimental'
diff --git a/finalize_source b/finalize_source
index 8fac27f..55a5e65 100644
--- a/finalize_source
+++ b/finalize_source
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (
 	apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y kernel-wedge python3-jinja2 python3-dacite
 	cd "$dir/src"
-	{ PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 make -f debian/rules debian/control-real || true; } | grep 'generated SUCCESSFULLY'
+	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 make -f debian/rules debian/control-real && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL"
 )
diff --git a/fixes_debian/series b/fixes_debian/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d20a0c..0000000
--- a/fixes_debian/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-series.patch
diff --git a/fixes_debian/series.patch b/fixes_debian/series.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index edd0499..0000000
--- a/fixes_debian/series.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- a/debian/patches/series	2025-09-10 12:02:09.721924979 +0000
-+++ b/debian/patches/series	2025-09-10 14:50:59.976526194 +0000
-@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@
- bugfix/all/disable-some-marvell-phys.patch
- bugfix/all/fs-add-module_softdep-declarations-for-hard-coded-cr.patch
- bugfix/all/documentation-use-relative-source-paths-in-abi-documentation.patch
--bugfix/all/ext4-don-t-try-to-clear-the-orphan_present-feature-b.patch
--bugfix/all/proc-fix-missing-pde_set_flags-for-net-proc-files.patch
--bugfix/all/alloc_fdtable-change-calling-conventions.patch
--bugfix/all/net-ipv4-fix-regression-in-local-broadcast-routes.patch
-
- # Miscellaneous features
diff --git a/prepare_source b/prepare_source
index 511424d..61684a9 100755
--- a/prepare_source
+++ b/prepare_source
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 pkg=linux
-version_orig=6.12.61
-version="$version_orig-3"
+version_orig=6.18
+version="$version_orig-1"
+version_suffix="experimental"
 
 (
 	debian_repo=https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux.git
-	debian_ref="debian/6.12.43-1"
+	debian_ref="debian/6.18_rc7-1_exp1"
 
 	tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
 	trap 'cd / && rm -rf "$tmp_dir"' EXIT