diff --git a/target/linux/malta/Makefile b/target/linux/malta/Makefile
index 34818f17ba..caa51ea311 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/malta/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CPU_TYPE:=24kc
 SUBTARGETS:=le be le64 be64
 INITRAMFS_EXTRA_FILES:=
 MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
-FEATURES:=ramdisk
+FEATURES:=ramdisk source-only
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.4