diff --git a/support/testing/tests/init/test_openrc.py b/support/testing/tests/init/test_openrc.py
index 14839434ef..c6ade7676d 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/init/test_openrc.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/init/test_openrc.py
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ class InitSystemOpenrcBase(InitSystemBase):
     config = \
         """
         BR2_arm=y
+        BR2_cortex_a9=y
+        BR2_ARM_ENABLE_VFP=y
         BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
         BR2_INIT_OPENRC=y
         BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyAMA0"
-        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
-        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.5.7"
-        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="vexpress"
-        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
-        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="vexpress-v2p-ca9"
         # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
         """
 
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@ class TestInitSystemOpenrcRoFull(InitSystemOpenrcBase):
         """
 
     def test_run(self):
-        self.start_emulator("squashfs", "zImage", "vexpress-v2p-ca9")
+        self.start_emulator("squashfs")
         self.check_init()
 
 
@@ -46,5 +42,5 @@ class TestInitSystemOpenrcRwFull(InitSystemOpenrcBase):
         """
 
     def test_run(self):
-        self.start_emulator("ext2", "zImage", "vexpress-v2p-ca9")
+        self.start_emulator("ext2")
         self.check_init()