diff --git a/package/uclibc/Config.in b/package/uclibc/Config.in
index b9917a76f5..8d16e8c2f5 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/Config.in
+++ b/package/uclibc/Config.in
@@ -182,11 +182,6 @@ config BR2_UCLIBC_ARM_TYPE
 	default ARM_CORTEXA8	if BR2_cortex_a8
 	default ARM_CORTEXA9	if BR2_cortex_a9
 
-config BR2_UCLIBC_ARM_ABI
-	string
-	depends on BR2_UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH = "arm"
-	default EABI if BR2_ARM_EABI
-
 config BR2_UCLIBC_ARM_BX
 	bool
 	depends on BR2_UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH = "arm"
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index 421e323035..8eca5feee8 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -69,11 +69,9 @@ define UCLIBC_ARM_TYPE_CONFIG
 	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,$(UCLIBC_ARM_TYPE),y,$(@D))
 endef
 
-UCLIBC_ARM_ABI = CONFIG_ARM_$(call qstrip,$(BR2_UCLIBC_ARM_ABI))
-
 define UCLIBC_ARM_ABI_CONFIG
 	$(SED) '/CONFIG_ARM_.ABI/d' $(@D)/.config
-	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,$(UCLIBC_ARM_ABI),y,$(@D))
+	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,CONFIG_ARM_EABI,y,$(@D))
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_ARM_BX),y)