diff --git a/arch/Config.in b/arch/Config.in
index 2779ab60cd..3bac18771b 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in
+++ b/arch/Config.in
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ config BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 choice
 	prompt "Target Binary Format"
 	depends on BR2_bfin || BR2_m68k
-	default BR2_BINFMT_FDPIC
+	default BR2_BINFMT_FDPIC if BR2_bfin
+	default BR2_BINFMT_FLAT if BR2_m68k
 
 config BR2_BINFMT_ELF
 	bool "ELF"
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ config BR2_BINFMT_ELF
 
 config BR2_BINFMT_FDPIC
 	bool "FDPIC"
-	depends on BR2_bfin || BR2_m68k
+	depends on BR2_bfin
 	help
 	  ELF FDPIC binaries are based on ELF, but allow the individual load
 	  segments of a binary to be located in memory independently of each