diff --git a/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile b/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile
index 514ff58427..690adee1ce 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile
@@ -5,48 +5,28 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/image.mk
 
-define CompressLzma
-  $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lzma e $(1) -lc1 -lp2 -pb2 $(2)
+KERNEL_LOADADDR := 0x80100000
+
+define Device/Default
+  PROFILES := Default
+  KERNEL_NAME := vmlinux.elf
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS_NAME := vmlinux-initramfs.elf
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin
+  KERNEL_INSTALL := 1
+  FILESYSTEMS := ext4 squashfs
+  IMAGES := rootfs.img rootfs.img.gz
+  IMAGE/rootfs.img := append-rootfs | pad-to $(ROOTFS_PARTSIZE)
+  IMAGE/rootfs.img.gz := append-rootfs | pad-to $(ROOTFS_PARTSIZE) | gzip
+  ARTIFACTS := uImage-lzma uImage-gzip
+  ARTIFACT/uImage-lzma := kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma
+  ARTIFACT/uImage-gzip := kernel-bin | gzip | uImage gzip
+  SUPPORTED_DEVICES :=
 endef
 
-define CompressGzip
-	gzip -9n -c $(1) > $(2)
-endef
-
-define MkuImage
-	mkimage -A mips -O linux -T kernel -a 0x80100000 -C $(1) $(2) \
-		-e 0x80100000 -n 'MIPS OpenWrt Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
-		-d $(3) $(4)
-endef
-
-define Image/Prepare
-	$(call CompressLzma,$(KDIR)/vmlinux,$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.lzma)
-	$(call MkuImage,lzma,,$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.lzma,$(KDIR)/uImage.lzma)
-	$(call CompressGzip,$(KDIR)/vmlinux,$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.gz)
-	$(call MkuImage,gzip,,$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.gz,$(KDIR)/uImage.gz)
-endef
-
-define Image/BuildKernel
-	cp $(KDIR)/vmlinux.elf $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-vmlinux.elf
-	cp $(KDIR)/uImage.lzma $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-uImage-lzma
-	cp $(KDIR)/uImage.gz $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-uImage-gzip
-endef
-
-define Image/Build/Initramfs
-	cp $(KDIR)/vmlinux-initramfs.elf $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-vmlinux-initramfs.elf
-	cp $(KDIR)/vmlinux-initramfs $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-vmlinux-initramfs.bin
-endef
-
-define Image/Build/gzip
-	gzip -f9n $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_ROOTFS)-$(1).img
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call Image/gzip-ext4-padded-squashfs))
-
-define Image/Build
-	$(call Image/Build/$(1))
-	$(CP) $(KDIR)/root.$(1) $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_ROOTFS)-$(1).img
-	$(call Image/Build/gzip/$(1))
+define Device/generic
+  DEVICE_VENDOR := MIPS
+  DEVICE_MODEL := Malta CoreLV board (QEMU)
 endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += generic
 
 $(eval $(call BuildImage))