diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 497aa76a04..de7866137f 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ BUSYBOX_SOURCE:=busybox-$(BUSYBOX_VER).tar.bz2
 BUSYBOX_SITE:=http://www.busybox.net/downloads
 endif
 BUSYBOX_UNZIP=bzcat
-BUSYBOX_CONFIG:=package/busybox/busybox.config
+BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE:=package/busybox/busybox.config
 
 $(DL_DIR)/$(BUSYBOX_SOURCE):
 	 $(WGET) -P $(DL_DIR) $(BUSYBOX_SITE)/$(BUSYBOX_SOURCE)
 
-busybox-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(BUSYBOX_SOURCE) $(BUSYBOX_CONFIG)
+busybox-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(BUSYBOX_SOURCE) $(BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE)
 
 $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(BUSYBOX_SOURCE)
 	$(BUSYBOX_UNZIP) $(DL_DIR)/$(BUSYBOX_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(BUSYBOX_SOURCE)
 	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(BUSYBOX_DIR) package/busybox busybox-\*.patch
 	touch $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.unpacked
 
-$(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.configured: $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.unpacked $(BUSYBOX_CONFIG)
-	cp $(BUSYBOX_CONFIG) $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.config
+$(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.configured: $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.unpacked $(BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE)
+	cp $(BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE) $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.config
 	$(SED) "s,^CROSS.*,CROSS=$(TARGET_CROSS)\n\
 		PREFIX=$(TARGET_DIR),;" $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/Rules.mak
 ifeq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
diff --git a/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk b/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
index d104ce145c..5d4b0a6a2d 100644
--- a/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
+UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE:=toolchain/uClibc/uClibc.config-locale
+else
+UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE:=toolchain/uClibc/uClibc.config
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT),y)
 # Be aware that this changes daily....
 UCLIBC_DIR:=$(TOOL_BUILD_DIR)/uClibc
@@ -44,11 +50,7 @@ $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(UCLIBC_SOURCE)
 
 $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.configured: $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.unpacked
 	$(SED) 's,^CROSS=.*,CROSS=$(TARGET_CROSS),g' $(UCLIBC_DIR)/Rules.mak
-ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
-	cp toolchain/uClibc/uClibc.config-locale $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.config
-else
-	cp toolchain/uClibc/uClibc.config $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.config
-endif
+	cp $(UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE) $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.config
 	$(SED) 's,^.*TARGET_$(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH).*,TARGET_$(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH)=y,g' \
 		$(UCLIBC_DIR)/.config
 	$(SED) 's,^TARGET_ARCH.*,TARGET_ARCH=\"$(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH)\",g' $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.config