diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index de4ff4ae1b..874c20abd1 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ config BR2_VERSION
 	option env="BR2_VERSION_FULL"
 
 source "target/Config.in.arch"
-source "target/device/Config.in"
 
 menu "Build options"
 
diff --git a/target/Makefile.in b/target/Makefile.in
index aab9d39b93..915d62538c 100644
--- a/target/Makefile.in
+++ b/target/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 # make sure to put everything that is board-specific before the tarroot targets
 include target/generic/Makefile.in
 
-# this eventually adds the kernel target to TARGETS:
-include target/device/Makefile.in
-include target/xtensa/Makefile.in