diff --git a/configs/arm_foundationv8_defconfig b/configs/arm_foundationv8_defconfig
index d31f69d3ac..ea19f35502 100644
--- a/configs/arm_foundationv8_defconfig
+++ b/configs/arm_foundationv8_defconfig
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyAMA0"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.4.3"
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="$(LINUX_DIR)/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="arm/foundation-v8"
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y