diff --git a/pkgs/additional/linux-armbian/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/linux-armbian/default.nix
index 23889b355..940eee3c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/linux-armbian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/linux-armbian/default.nix
@@ -759,11 +759,15 @@ linux.override {
         # MDIO_SUN4I = yes;
         # PCS_XPCS = yes;
 
-        TOUCHSCREEN_GOODIX = yes;
+        # IP5XXX_POWER = yes;  #< TODO: almost certainly not used in Pinephone
+        # TOUCHSCREEN_GOODIX = yes;
+
+        # some or all of these are required for display initialization.
+        # removing these, and adding their modules to initrd, still results in no display.
         INPUT_AXP20X_PEK = yes;
-        IP5XXX_POWER = yes;  #< TODO: almost certainly not used in Pinephone
         CHARGER_AXP20X = yes;
         BATTERY_AXP20X = yes;
+        AXP20X_ADC = yes;
         AXP20X_POWER = yes;
         REGULATOR_VCTRL = yes;
 
@@ -772,20 +776,22 @@ linux.override {
         # CEC_CORE = yes;
         # DVB_CORE = yes;
 
-        MEDIA_SUPPORT = yes;  #< removing this forces V4L2 stuff to be degraded to module
-        VIDEO_DEV = yes;
-        V4L2_MEM2MEM_DEV = yes;
-        # # V4L2_FLASH_LED_CLASS = yes;
-        V4L2_FWNODE = yes;
-        V4L2_ASYNC = yes;
-        VIDEO_MEM2MEM_DEINTERLACE = yes;
-        VIDEO_SUN6I_CSI = yes;
-        VIDEO_SUN8I_DEINTERLACE = yes;
-        VIDEO_SUN8I_ROTATE = yes;
-        VIDEOBUF2_CORE = yes;
-        VIDEOBUF2_V4L2 = yes;
-        VIDEOBUF2_MEMOPS = yes;
-        VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG = yes;
+        # MEDIA_SUPPORT = yes;  #< removing this forces V4L2 stuff to be degraded to module
+        # VIDEO_DEV = yes;
+        # V4L2_MEM2MEM_DEV = yes;
+        # # # V4L2_FLASH_LED_CLASS = yes;
+        # V4L2_FWNODE = yes;
+        # V4L2_ASYNC = yes;
+        # VIDEO_MEM2MEM_DEINTERLACE = yes;
+        # VIDEO_SUN6I_CSI = yes;
+        # VIDEO_SUN8I_DEINTERLACE = yes;
+        # VIDEO_SUN8I_ROTATE = yes;
+        # VIDEOBUF2_CORE = yes;
+        # VIDEOBUF2_V4L2 = yes;
+        # VIDEOBUF2_MEMOPS = yes;
+        # VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG = yes;
+        # VIDEO_SUNXI_CEDRUS = yes;
+
         DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER = yes;
         DRM_GEM_DMA_HELPER = yes;
         DRM_GEM_SHMEM_HELPER = yes;
@@ -798,12 +804,12 @@ linux.override {
         DRM_DW_HDMI = yes;
         DRM_LIMA = yes;
         DRM_PANFROST = yes;
+
         LCD_CLASS_DEVICE = yes;
         BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE = yes;
         BACKLIGHT_PWM = yes;
+
         DMA_SUN6I = yes;
-        VIDEO_SUNXI_CEDRUS = yes;
-        AXP20X_ADC = yes;
         # USB stuff ellided...
         PWM_SUN4I = yes;
         PHY_SUN6I_MIPI_DPHY = yes;