diff --git a/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
index 4b43eec379..b55a26926b 100644
--- a/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_arm1176jzf_s=y
-BR2_DL_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/dl"
 BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-raspberrypi-initramfs"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
 BR2_STATIC_LIBS=y
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_4_4=y
 # BR2_UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS is not set
-BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_X=y
+BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_31_X=y
 BR2_GCC_VERSION_5_X=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"