diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile b/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile
index 712ab941e18..8328be7667c 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ define Device/loader-okli-uimage
   LOADER_TYPE := bin
   COMPILE := loader-$(1).bin loader-$(1).uImage
   COMPILE/loader-$(1).bin := loader-okli-compile
-  COMPILE/loader-$(1).uImage := append-loader-okli $(1) | pad-to 64k | \
+  COMPILE/loader-$(1).uImage := loader-okli-compile | pad-to 64k | \
 	lzma | uImage lzma
 endef