diff --git a/projects/Allwinner/options b/projects/Allwinner/options
index f559f5616b..697ac4633f 100644
--- a/projects/Allwinner/options
+++ b/projects/Allwinner/options
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
   # Bootloader to use (syslinux / u-boot / bcm2835-bootloader)
     BOOTLOADER="u-boot"
 
-  # u-boot version to use (default)
-    UBOOT_VERSION="default"
-
   # Additional kernel make parameters (for example to specify the u-boot loadaddress)
     KERNEL_MAKE_EXTRACMD="dtbs"
 
diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index 4b55bcbba5..675138dae4 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
   # Bootloader to use (syslinux / u-boot)
     BOOTLOADER="syslinux"
 
-  # u-boot version to use (default)
-    UBOOT_VERSION="default"
-
   # Kernel target
     KERNEL_TARGET="bzImage"
 
diff --git a/projects/NXP/options b/projects/NXP/options
index 2c2f7741d3..f6b4919c99 100644
--- a/projects/NXP/options
+++ b/projects/NXP/options
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
   # Bootloader to use (syslinux / u-boot / bcm2835-bootloader)
     BOOTLOADER="u-boot"
 
-  # u-boot version to use (default)
-    UBOOT_VERSION="default"
-
   # Additional kernel make parameters (for example to specify the u-boot loadaddress)
     KERNEL_MAKE_EXTRACMD="dtbs"
 
diff --git a/projects/RPi/options b/projects/RPi/options
index 62d6d019c1..0d401f5bab 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/options
+++ b/projects/RPi/options
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
   # Bootloader to use (bcm2835-bootloader)
     BOOTLOADER="bcm2835-bootloader"
 
-  # u-boot version to use (default)
-    UBOOT_VERSION="default"
-
   # Kernel target
     KERNEL_TARGET="zImage"
 
diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index 72512df6aa..6ec306955a 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ unset _CACHE_PACKAGE_LOCAL _CACHE_PACKAGE_GLOBAL _DEBUG_DEPENDS_LIST _DEBUG_PACK
 if [ "${BOOTLOADER}" = "u-boot" -a -n "${DEVICE}" ]; then
   if [ -z "${UBOOT_SYSTEM}" ]; then
     ${SCRIPTS}/uboot_helper ${PROJECT} ${DEVICE} >/dev/null
-  elif [ "${UBOOT_VERSION}" != "vendor" ]; then
+  else
     ${SCRIPTS}/uboot_helper ${PROJECT} ${DEVICE} ${UBOOT_SYSTEM} dtb >/dev/null
   fi
 fi
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ function do_mkimage() {
     DISTRO_BOOTLABEL="${DISTRO_BOOTLABEL}" \
     DISTRO_DISKLABEL="${DISTRO_DISKLABEL}" \
     UBOOT_SYSTEM="${UBOOT_SYSTEM}" \
-    UBOOT_VERSION="${UBOOT_VERSION}" \
     EXTRA_CMDLINE="${EXTRA_CMDLINE}" \
     SYSTEM_SIZE="${SYSTEM_SIZE}" \
     SYSTEM_PART_START="${SYSTEM_PART_START}" \