diff --git a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/rootfs_overlay/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf b/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/rootfs_overlay/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
index 2fde683f38..5b071dce84 100644
--- a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/rootfs_overlay/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
+++ b/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/rootfs_overlay/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-DEFAULT linux
-LABEL linux
-  KERNEL /boot/zImage
-  DEVICETREE /boot/sun4i-a10-cubieboard.dtb
-  APPEND console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait
+label cubieboard-buildroot
+  kernel /boot/zImage
+  devicetree /boot/sun4i-a10-cubieboard.dtb
+  append console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait