diff --git a/target/linux/orion/config-default b/target/linux/orion/config-default
index ba42e7c667..10ec353914 100644
--- a/target/linux/orion/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/orion/config-default
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_BANKWIDTH=1
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_LEN=0
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_START=0xf0000000
-CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS=y
+# CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS is not set
 CONFIG_MV643XX_ETH=y
 # CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set
 # CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set