diff --git a/configs/mt8365_evk_defconfig b/configs/mt8365_evk_defconfig
index 9b403cd7aab..1a385492547 100644
--- a/configs/mt8365_evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mt8365_evk_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="mediatek/mt8365-evk"
 CONFIG_TARGET_MT8365=y
 CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x4c000000
-CONFIG_IDENT_STRING=" mt8365-evk"
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="mt8365-evk"
 # CONFIG_BOARD_INIT is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_CLK=y