diff --git a/package/uclibc/Config.in b/package/uclibc/Config.in
index 329e1f1b69..c65277bc49 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/Config.in
+++ b/package/uclibc/Config.in
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ choice
 		select BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SUPPORTS_LINUXTHREADS_OLD
 		depends on BR2_arc
 
-	config BR2_UCLIBC_NG_VERSION_1_0_0
-		bool "uClibc-ng 1.0.0"
+	config BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG
+		bool "uClibc-ng"
 		select BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SUPPORTS_LINUXTHREADS \
 		       if BR2_bfin || BR2_m68k
 		select BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SUPPORTS_LINUXTHREADS_OLD \
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ config BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_STRING
 	string
 	default 0.9.33.2	if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_0_9_33
 	default "arc-2014.12" if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_ARC_GIT
-	default 1.0.0		if BR2_UCLIBC_NG_VERSION_1_0_0
+	default 1.0.0		if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG
 	default "7bf35c8b7d4a1f97174eb49f47f33946b282114c" if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_XTENSA_GIT
 	default BR2_USE_UCLIBC_SNAPSHOT	if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT
 
 config BR2_UCLIBC_CONFIG
 	string "uClibc configuration file to use?"
 	default "package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.33.config" if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_0_9_33
-	default "package/uclibc/uClibc-ng-1.0.0.config" if BR2_UCLIBC_NG_VERSION_1_0_0
+	default "package/uclibc/uClibc-ng.config" if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG
 	default "package/uclibc/uClibc-snapshot.config" if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_ARC_GIT
 	default "package/uclibc/uClibc-snapshot.config" if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT
 	default "package/uclibc/uClibc-snapshot.config" if BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_XTENSA_GIT
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uClibc-ng-1.0.0.config b/package/uclibc/uClibc-ng.config
similarity index 100%
rename from package/uclibc/uClibc-ng-1.0.0.config
rename to package/uclibc/uClibc-ng.config
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index feca77b108..3a8f1918cb 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ UCLIBC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT),y)
 UCLIBC_SITE = http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/snapshots
-else ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_NG_VERSION_1_0_0),y)
+else ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG),y)
 UCLIBC_SITE = http://downloads.uclibc-ng.org/releases/$(UCLIBC_VERSION)
 UCLIBC_SOURCE = uClibc-ng-$(UCLIBC_VERSION).tar.xz
 else ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_ARC_GIT),y)
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ endif
 # interpreter, but since uClibc-ng version is 1.0.0, it generates
 # ld{64,}-uClibc.so.1. In order to avoid changing gcc, we simply
 # create the necessary symbolic links here.
-ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_NG_VERSION_1_0_0),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG),y)
 define UCLIBC_INSTALL_LDSO_SYMLINKS
 	if [ -e $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/ld64-uClibc.so.1 ]; then \
 		(cd $(TARGET_DIR)/lib;ln -sf ld64-uClibc.so.1 ld64-uClibc.so.0) \