diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index b220e33787ac..f573ec14e9ae 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ $(foreach x, % :, $(if $(findstring $x, $(dst)), \
 suffix-y				:=
 suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP)	:= .gz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ)	:= .xz
-suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD)	:= .zst
+## UBUNTU: Support, but do not require zstd compressed modules
+# Many external dkms and signing rely on uncompressed modules
+# suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD)	:= .zst
 
 modules := $(patsubst $(extmod_prefix)%.o, $(dst)/%.ko$(suffix-y), $(modules))
 install-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += $(modules)