diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 471fb825180b..5f0d5d380991 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ let
         (whenBetween "5.2" "5.18" yes)
       ];
       DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT = whenAtLeast "5.18" yes;
-      DEBUG_INFO_BTF            = whenAtLeast "5.2" (option yes);
+      # Disabled on 32-bit platforms, fails to build on 5.15+ with `Failed to parse base BTF 'vmlinux': -22`
+      DEBUG_INFO_BTF            = whenAtLeast "5.2" (option (if stdenv.hostPlatform.is32bit && (versionAtLeast version "5.15") then no else yes));
       BPF_LSM                   = whenAtLeast "5.7" (option yes);
       DEBUG_KERNEL              = yes;
       DEBUG_DEVRES              = no;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.15.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.15.nix
index 62aefff81f5a..225fe27a15f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.15.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.15.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
+{ lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ buildLinux (args // rec {
   # branchVersion needs to be x.y
   extraMeta.branch = versions.majorMinor version;
 
-  extraMeta.broken = stdenv.isi686;
-
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1700js21yimx8rz4bsglszry564l2ycmmcr36rdqspzbmlx5w8wb";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index 232843edf47a..6e9f5fd5fc09 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ in {
   });
 
   packageAliases = {
-    linux_default = if stdenv.hostPlatform.is32bit then packages.linux_5_10 else packages.linux_5_15;
+    linux_default = packages.linux_5_15;
     # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
     linux_latest = packages.linux_5_18;
     linux_mptcp = packages.linux_mptcp_95;