diff --git a/configs/beaglebone_defconfig b/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
index b4f152fd69..fbb259f577 100644
--- a/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
+++ b/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a8=y
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/beaglebone/patches"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_14=y
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyO0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/beaglebone/post-image.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y