diff --git a/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/CreateImageWizard.tsx b/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/CreateImageWizard.tsx
index 23a1b1fb..bea494ff 100644
--- a/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/CreateImageWizard.tsx
+++ b/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/CreateImageWizard.tsx
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ const CreateImageWizard = ({ isEdit }: CreateImageWizardProps) => {
                 id="wizard-kernel"
                 key="wizard-kernel"
                 navItem={CustomStatusNavItem}
+                isHidden={hasWslTargetOnly}
                 status={kernelValidation.disabledNext ? 'error' : 'default'}
                 footer={
                   <CustomWizardFooter
diff --git a/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/steps/Kernel/index.tsx b/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/steps/Kernel/index.tsx
index a857b36a..e81b04fa 100644
--- a/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/steps/Kernel/index.tsx
+++ b/src/Components/CreateImageWizard/steps/Kernel/index.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { Content, Form, Title } from '@patternfly/react-core';
+import { Alert, Content, Form, Title } from '@patternfly/react-core';
 
 import KernelArguments from './components/KernelArguments';
 import KernelName from './components/KernelName';
 
+import { useAppSelector } from '../../../../store/hooks';
+import { selectImageTypes } from '../../../../store/wizardSlice';
+
 const KernelStep = () => {
+  const environments = useAppSelector(selectImageTypes);
+
   return (
     <Form>
       <Title headingLevel="h1" size="xl">
         Kernel
       </Title>
       <Content>Customize kernel name and kernel arguments.</Content>
+      {environments.includes('wsl') && (
+        <Alert
+          variant="warning"
+          isInline
+          title="Kernel customizations are not applied to Windows Subsystem for Linux images"
+        />
+      )}
       <KernelName />
       <KernelArguments />
     </Form>