diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk
index ac83e62e8a..6715a41c9e 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa9.mk
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ define Device/linksys_wrt32x
   KERNEL_SIZE := 6144k
   KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES += armada-385-linksys-venom linksys,venom
-  DEFAULT := y
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += linksys_wrt32x