diff --git a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
index 83a8c3e..0b98e2a 100644
--- a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 TARGET_ARCH=x86
 DISABLE_DEXPREOPT := true
 TARGET_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS := false
-TARGET_PRELINK_MODULE := false
 TARGET_NO_RECOVERY := true
 TARGET_HARDWARE_3D := false
 BOARD_USES_GENERIC_AUDIO := true
diff --git a/target/board/sim/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/sim/BoardConfig.mk
index ba25c18..ba55b92 100644
--- a/target/board/sim/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/target/board/sim/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 # Product-specific compile-time definitions.
 #
 
-# Don't try prelinking or compressing the shared libraries
-# used by the simulator.  The host OS won't know what to do
-# with them, and they may not even be ELF files.
+# Don't try compressing the shared libraries used by the simulator.  The host
+# OS won't know what to do with them, and they may not even be ELF files.
 #
 # These definitions override the defaults in config/config.make.
 TARGET_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS := false
-TARGET_PRELINK_MODULE := false
 
 # Don't try to build a bootloader.
 TARGET_NO_BOOTLOADER := true
diff --git a/target/board/vbox_x86/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/vbox_x86/BoardConfig.mk
index 525074e..2bdcced 100644
--- a/target/board/vbox_x86/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/target/board/vbox_x86/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 TARGET_ARCH=x86
 DISABLE_DEXPREOPT := true
 TARGET_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS := false
-TARGET_PRELINK_MODULE := false
 TARGET_NO_RECOVERY := true
 TARGET_HARDWARE_3D := false
 BOARD_USES_GENERIC_AUDIO := true