diff --git a/projects/RPi/options b/projects/RPi/options
index 3e933ad5ff..7fa7013082 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/options
+++ b/projects/RPi/options
@@ -149,8 +149,3 @@
   # Space separated list is supported,
   # e.g. ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="DRIVER1 DRIVER2"
     ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="$ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS"
-
-  # set up serial console when building a development image
-    if [ "$DEVEL_VERSION" = "devel" ] ; then
-      EXTRA_CMDLINE="console=ttyAMA0,115200"
-    fi
diff --git a/projects/RPi2/options b/projects/RPi2/options
index 45a2db297b..f719f4a677 100644
--- a/projects/RPi2/options
+++ b/projects/RPi2/options
@@ -149,8 +149,3 @@
   # Space separated list is supported,
   # e.g. ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="DRIVER1 DRIVER2"
     ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="$ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS"
-
-  # set up serial console when building a development image
-    if [ "$DEVEL_VERSION" = "devel" ] ; then
-      EXTRA_CMDLINE="console=ttyAMA0,115200"
-    fi