diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-5.10 b/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
index 040d62a51d1..cb99441dc47 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
@@ -4398,7 +4398,6 @@ CONFIG_PINMUX=y
 # CONFIG_PLATFORM_MHU is not set
 # CONFIG_PLAT_SPEAR is not set
 # CONFIG_PLIP is not set
-CONFIG_PLUGIN_HOSTCC=""
 # CONFIG_PLX_DMA is not set
 # CONFIG_PLX_HERMES is not set
 # CONFIG_PM is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-5.4 b/target/linux/generic/config-5.4
index d14000e0064..68fe0016098 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-5.4
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-5.4
@@ -4063,7 +4063,6 @@ CONFIG_PINMUX=y
 # CONFIG_PLATFORM_MHU is not set
 # CONFIG_PLAT_SPEAR is not set
 # CONFIG_PLIP is not set
-CONFIG_PLUGIN_HOSTCC=""
 # CONFIG_PLX_HERMES is not set
 # CONFIG_PM is not set
 # CONFIG_PMBUS is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-filter b/target/linux/generic/config-filter
index 7d634b56cff..719487be5fc 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-filter
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-filter
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 # CONFIG_ARCH_(ENABLE|HAS|HAVE|INLINE|SUPPORTS|USE|WANT|STACKWALK)_.* is not set
 # CONFIG_AS_.* is not set
 # CONFIG_CC_(CAN|HAS|IS|VERSION)_.* is not set
-# CONFIG_LD_.* is not set
 # CONFIG_GCC_VERSION is not set
-# CONFIG_INLINE_.* is not set
 # CONFIG_HAVE_(?!(ARCH_TIMER|TCM|SMP)).* is not set
+# CONFIG_INLINE_.* is not set
+# CONFIG_LD_.* is not set
+CONFIG_PLUGIN_HOSTCC=".*"
 # CONFIG_SET_FS is not set
 # CONFIG_TASKS_.* is not set