diff --git a/target/linux/malta/Makefile b/target/linux/malta/Makefile
index 50359c15dd2..34818f17baf 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/malta/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CPU_TYPE:=24kc
 SUBTARGETS:=le be le64 be64
 INITRAMFS_EXTRA_FILES:=
 MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
+FEATURES:=ramdisk
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.4
 
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/be/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/be/target.mk
index 87d5eeb9df6..45949f50c8b 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/be/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/be/target.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ARCH:=mips
 SUBTARGET:=be
 BOARDNAME:=Big Endian
-FEATURES:=ramdisk
 
 define Target/Description
 	Build BE firmware images for MIPS Malta CoreLV board running in
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
index 7c3a166b9ad..df67230bb26 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ ARCH:=mips64
 CPU_TYPE:=mips64
 SUBTARGET:=be64
 BOARDNAME:=Big Endian (64-bits)
-FEATURES:=ramdisk
 
 define Target/Description
 	Build BE firmware images for MIPS Malta CoreLV board running in
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk
index ca12faba0c2..2ee0ee010b5 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ARCH:=mipsel
 SUBTARGET:=le
 BOARDNAME:=Little Endian
-FEATURES:=ramdisk
 
 define Target/Description
 	Build LE firmware images for MIPS Malta CoreLV board running in
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
index 32aaea294a5..a5ec081409e 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ ARCH:=mips64el
 CPU_TYPE:=mips64
 SUBTARGET:=le64
 BOARDNAME:=Little Endian (64-bits)
-FEATURES:=ramdisk
 
 define Target/Description
 	Build LE firmware images for MIPS Malta CoreLV board running in