diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-generic/recipes-core/images/balena-image-initramfs.bbappend b/layers/meta-balena-generic/recipes-core/images/balena-image-initramfs.bbappend
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+IMAGE_ROOTFS_MAXSIZE = "65536"