diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index 4ee99750198e..258524e295aa 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@
 - Cinnamon has been updated to 6.2, please check [upstream announcement](https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_wilma_whatsnew.php) for more details.
   Following Mint 22 defaults, the Cinnamon module no longer ships geary and hexchat by default.
 
+- `zfs.latestCompatibleLinuxPackages` is deprecated and is now pointing at the default kernel. If using the stable LTS kernel (default `linuxPackages` is not possible then you must explicitly pin a specific kernel release. For example, `boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_6_6`. Please be aware that non-LTS kernels are likely to go EOL before ZFS supports the latest supported non-LTS release, requiring manual intervention.
+
 - The `shadowstack` hardening flag has been added, though disabled by default.
 
 - `xxd` is now provided by the `tinyxxd` package, rather than `vim.xxd`, to reduce closure size and vulnerability impact. Since it has the same options and semantics as Vim's `xxd` utility, there is no user impact. Vim's `xxd` remains available as the `vim.xxd` package.
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
index 263fcc448097..56e37ec0b847 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 let
   genericBuild =
-  { pkgs, lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+  { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
   , autoreconfHook269, util-linux, nukeReferences, coreutils
-  , linuxKernel
+  , linuxPackages
   , perl
   , configFile ? "all"
 
@@ -201,12 +201,8 @@ let
 
     passthru = {
       inherit enableMail kernelModuleAttribute;
-      latestCompatibleLinuxPackages = lib.pipe linuxKernel.packages [
-        builtins.attrValues
-        (builtins.filter (kPkgs: (builtins.tryEval kPkgs).success && kPkgs ? kernel && kPkgs.kernel.pname == "linux" && kernelCompatible kPkgs.kernel))
-        (builtins.sort (a: b: (lib.versionOlder a.kernel.version b.kernel.version)))
-        lib.last
-      ];
+      latestCompatibleLinuxPackages = lib.warn "zfs.latestCompatibleLinuxPackages is deprecated and is now pointing at the default kernel. If using the stable LTS kernel (default `linuxPackages` is not possible then you must explicitly pin a specific kernel release. For example, `boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_6_6`. Please be aware that non-LTS kernels are likely to go EOL before ZFS supports the latest supported non-LTS release, requiring manual intervention." linuxPackages ;
+
       # The corresponding userspace tools to this instantiation
       # of the ZFS package set.
       userspaceTools = genericBuild (outerArgs // {