diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig
index 4479fd669ac1..28c6b276c216 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 # CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set
 CONFIG_USE_OF=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
-CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="mips-linux-gnu-"
+CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE=""
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="usr/dev_file_list usr/rootfs.xlp"
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
 CONFIG_RD_BZIP2=y
 CONFIG_RD_LZMA=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig
index 7c68666fdd64..d0b857d98c91 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
-CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="mips-linux-gnu-"
+CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE=""
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="usr/dev_file_list usr/rootfs.xlr"
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
 CONFIG_RD_BZIP2=y
 CONFIG_RD_LZMA=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP=y