diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_linksys_ea7xxx.dtsi b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_linksys_ea7xxx.dtsi
index ec232968a6..5e9c82507d 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_linksys_ea7xxx.dtsi
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_linksys_ea7xxx.dtsi
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 		partition@80000 {
 			label = "u_env";
 			reg = <0x80000 0x40000>;
-			read-only;
 		};
 
 		factory: partition@c0000 {