diff --git a/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk b/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk
index 5d3ea89f23..308924d574 100644
--- a/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk
+++ b/fs/initramfs/initramfs.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 ROOTFS_INITRAMFS_DEPENDENCIES += rootfs-cpio
 
-ROOTFS_INITRAMFS_POST_TARGETS += linux26-rebuild-with-initramfs
+ROOTFS_INITRAMFS_POST_TARGETS += linux-rebuild-with-initramfs
 
 
 # The generic fs infrastructure isn't very useful here.
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index a5699f9d7d..6c0b272efa 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ define LINUX_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	# As the kernel gets compiled before root filesystems are
 	# built, we create a fake cpio file. It'll be
 	# replaced later by the real cpio archive, and the kernel will be
-	# rebuilt using the linux26-rebuild-with-initramfs target.
+	# rebuilt using the linux-rebuild-with-initramfs target.
 	$(if $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),
 		touch $(BINARIES_DIR)/rootfs.cpio
 		$(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE,"$(BINARIES_DIR)/rootfs.cpio",$(@D)/.config)
@@ -312,24 +312,24 @@ include $(sort $(wildcard linux/linux-ext-*.mk))
 $(eval $(generic-package))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL),y)
-linux-menuconfig linux-xconfig linux-gconfig linux-nconfig linux26-menuconfig linux26-xconfig linux26-gconfig linux26-nconfig: linux-configure
+linux-menuconfig linux-xconfig linux-gconfig linux-nconfig: linux-configure
 	$(MAKE) $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(LINUX_DIR) \
-		$(subst linux-,,$(subst linux26-,,$@))
+		$(subst linux-,,$@)
 	rm -f $(LINUX_DIR)/.stamp_{built,target_installed,images_installed}
 
-linux-savedefconfig linux26-savedefconfig: linux-configure
+linux-savedefconfig: linux-configure
 	$(MAKE) $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(LINUX_DIR) \
-		$(subst linux-,,$(subst linux26-,,$@))
+		$(subst linux-,,$@)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG),y)
-linux-update-config linux26-update-config: linux-configure $(LINUX_DIR)/.config
+linux-update-config: linux-configure $(LINUX_DIR)/.config
 	cp -f $(LINUX_DIR)/.config $(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE)
 
-linux-update-defconfig linux26-update-defconfig: linux-savedefconfig
+linux-update-defconfig: linux-savedefconfig
 	cp -f $(LINUX_DIR)/defconfig $(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE)
 else
-linux-update-config linux26-update-config: ;
-linux-update-defconfig linux26-update-defconfig: ;
+linux-update-config: ;
+linux-update-defconfig: ;
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ $(LINUX_DIR)/.stamp_initramfs_rebuilt: $(LINUX_DIR)/.stamp_target_installed $(LI
 
 # The initramfs building code must make sure this target gets called
 # after it generated the initramfs list of files.
-linux-rebuild-with-initramfs linux26-rebuild-with-initramfs: $(LINUX_DIR)/.stamp_initramfs_rebuilt
+linux-rebuild-with-initramfs: $(LINUX_DIR)/.stamp_initramfs_rebuilt
 
 # Checks to give errors that the user can understand
 ifeq ($(filter source,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)