Andreas, make sure you really have the updated libzypp (it took some time since comment 32 until it reached TW repos). I got the update only today and I can confirm it removes the cruft: > sudo zypper purge-kernels > [...] > Preparing to purge obsolete kernels... > Configuration: latest,latest-1,running > Running kernel release: 5.9.0-rc3-2.gfd52e6c-default > Running kernel arch: x86_64 > [...] > 24 packages to remove. > After the operation, 1.7 GiB will be freed