diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index c098571bb606..ab4b1cc2fc96 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ let
     # Include the CFQ I/O scheduler in the kernel, rather than as a
     # module, so that the initrd gets a good I/O scheduler.
     scheduler = {
-      IOSCHED_CFQ = yes;
+      IOSCHED_CFQ = whenOlder "5.0" yes; # Removed in 5.0-RC1
       BLK_CGROUP  = yes; # required by CFQ"
-      IOSCHED_DEADLINE = yes;
+      IOSCHED_DEADLINE = whenOlder "5.0" yes; # Removed in 5.0-RC1
       MQ_IOSCHED_DEADLINE = whenAtLeast "4.11" yes;
       BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED = whenAtLeast "4.12" yes;
       MQ_IOSCHED_KYBER = whenAtLeast "4.12" yes;
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ let
       # https://lwn.net/Articles/682582/
       # https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12309#c655
       BLK_WBT    = yes;
-      BLK_WBT_SQ = yes;
+      BLK_WBT_SQ = whenOlder "5.0" yes; # Removed in 5.0-RC1
       BLK_WBT_MQ = yes;
     };
 
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ let
 
       DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES = whenOlder "4.7" yes;
       BLK_DEV_THROTTLING        = yes;
-      CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED         = yes;
+      CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED         = whenOlder "5.0" yes; # Removed in 5.0-RC1
       CGROUP_PIDS               = whenAtLeast "4.3" yes;
     };
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ let
       MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT = yes;
       MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT     = yes;
       MEDIA_RC_SUPPORT         = whenOlder "4.14" yes;
-			MEDIA_CONTROLLER         = yes;
+      MEDIA_CONTROLLER         = yes;
       MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT        = yes;
       MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT        = yes;
       MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT  = yes;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
index 1e810a129318..6b92d9be1777 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, libelf, utillinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.20-rc7";
-  modDirVersion = "4.20.0-rc7";
-  extraMeta.branch = "4.20";
+  version = "5.0-rc1";
+  modDirVersion = "5.0.0-rc1";
+  extraMeta.branch = "5.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0qga2x4rz1vphi7j044f4b4la24qyk5sm7lm8q991imq5wm5s2rl";
+    sha256 = "01gva1hp2jyf137iy5ryaq93ksiw9ysnczpp914scx6k005y7yzz";
   };
 
   # Should the testing kernels ever be built on Hydra?