diff --git a/target/linux/malta/Makefile b/target/linux/malta/Makefile
index caa51ea311..34818f17ba 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 source-only
+FEATURES:=ramdisk
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.4
 
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
index df67230bb2..3a5bb6a6dc 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ARCH:=mips64
 CPU_TYPE:=mips64
 SUBTARGET:=be64
+FEATURES+=source-only
 BOARDNAME:=Big Endian (64-bits)
 
 define Target/Description
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk
index 2ee0ee010b..e642510621 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ARCH:=mipsel
 SUBTARGET:=le
+FEATURES+=source-only
 BOARDNAME:=Little Endian
 
 define Target/Description
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
index a5ec081409..a0a55af5f7 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ARCH:=mips64el
 CPU_TYPE:=mips64
 SUBTARGET:=le64
+FEATURES+=source-only
 BOARDNAME:=Little Endian (64-bits)
 
 define Target/Description