diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6fddc140de..a3a52035c3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
+	#1771: Fakeroot and the target/generic/device_table.txt create bad...
 	#1909: netperf-2.4.5 fails to build because of undeclared SOCK_DCCP
 
 2010.05, Released May 30th, 2010:
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/jffs2.mk b/fs/jffs2/jffs2.mk
index 36be03741c..fd5da0c1b6 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/jffs2.mk
+++ b/fs/jffs2/jffs2.mk
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ JFFS2_OPTS += -n
 SUMTOOL_OPTS += -n
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE),)
-JFFS2_OPTS += -D $(ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE)
-endif
-
 ROOTFS_JFFS2_DEPENDENCIES = host-mtd
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2_SUMMARY),)