diff --git a/target/linux/orion/config-3.3 b/target/linux/orion/config-3.3
index 46e6ecbab6..6e19da90dc 100644
--- a/target/linux/orion/config-3.3
+++ b/target/linux/orion/config-3.3
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CONFIG_ATA=m
 CONFIG_BCMA_POSSIBLE=y
 # CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0 is not set
 CONFIG_CLKSRC_MMIO=y
-CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mtdblock1 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200"
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE=y
 CONFIG_CPU_32v5=y
 CONFIG_CPU_ABRT_EV5T=y