diff --git a/targets/ar71xx-generic/config b/targets/ar71xx-generic/config
index 916d18bf1be490311d4eb6d9e82f30e1ce695650..4a04ed86edbf1d1e1ef93d3bb88c7d5f1b6aed7c 100644
--- a/targets/ar71xx-generic/config
+++ b/targets/ar71xx-generic/config
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx=y
-CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2=n
 # CONFIG_PACKAGE_uboot-ar71xx-nbg460n_550n_550nh is not set