diff --git a/include/kernel.mk b/include/kernel.mk
index dc9bedd9ad..5ccc21cde6 100644
--- a/include/kernel.mk
+++ b/include/kernel.mk
@@ -219,15 +219,6 @@ define KernelPackage
     $(call KernelPackage/$(1))
     $(call KernelPackage/$(1)/$(BOARD))
     $(call KernelPackage/$(1)/$(BOARD)/$(SUBTARGET))
-
-    # Add an implicit self-provide. apk can't handle self provides, be it
-    # versioned or virtual, so opt for a prefix and a suffix instead. Package
-    # name without a prefix/suffix is too generic and might conflict with other
-    # packages, e.g. wireguard. This allows several variants to provide the same
-    # virtual package without adding extra provides to the default one, e.g.
-    # r8169 implicitly provides kmod-r8169-any and is marked as default, so
-    # r8125 can explicitly provide @kmod-r8169-any as well.
-    PROVIDES+=@kmod-$(1)-any
   endef
 
   ifdef KernelPackage/$(1)/conffiles
diff --git a/include/package-pack.mk b/include/package-pack.mk
index ee71c0367e..6a80d3d970 100644
--- a/include/package-pack.mk
+++ b/include/package-pack.mk
@@ -195,10 +195,9 @@ endef
 #   self. Filter it out, but keep virtual self provides, in the form of
 #   @(kmod-)?${package_name}-any.
 #
-# - Packages implicitly add a virtual @${package_name}-any provide in Package.
-#
-# - kmods implicitly add a virtual @kmod-${package_name}-any provide in
-#   KernelPackage.
+# - Packages implicitly add a virtual @${package_name}-any provide in Package,
+#   which implies that kmods, which are also packages, will have a virtual
+#   @kmod-${package_name}-any provide.
 #
 # - Aside from the two aforementioned implicit provides, packages are expected
 #   to manage their provides themselves.
diff --git a/include/package.mk b/include/package.mk
index 087e374ea9..a8278d0672 100644
--- a/include/package.mk
+++ b/include/package.mk
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ define BuildPackage
   # variants to provide the same virtual package without adding extra provides
   # to the default one, e.g. wget implicitly provides wget-any and is marked as
   # default, so wget-ssl can explicitly provide @wget-any as well.
-  PROVIDES+=@$(1)-any
+  $(eval PROVIDES:=$(strip @$(1)-any $(PROVIDES)))
 
 ifdef DESCRIPTION
 $$(error DESCRIPTION:= is obsolete, use Package/PKG_NAME/description)