diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-tp-link.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-tp-link.mk
index 3bc2dd1926..7fe2a76663 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-tp-link.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-tp-link.mk
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ define Device/tplink_archer-d50-v1
   TPLINK_FLASHLAYOUT := 8Mqca
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | \
 	tplink-v2-header -s -V "ver. 1.0"
+  DEFAULT := n
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += tplink_archer-d50-v1
 
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
index 0e2a5af783..08aad0d437 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ define Device/atheros_db120
   IMAGE/factory.bin := append-kernel | pad-to $$$$(BLOCKSIZE) | \
 	append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size | pad-to 6336k | \
 	append-loader-okli-uimage $(1) | pad-to 64k
+  DEFAULT := n
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += atheros_db120
 
@@ -2395,6 +2396,7 @@ define Device/qca_ap143-8m
   IMAGE/factory.bin := append-kernel | pad-to $$$$(BLOCKSIZE) | \
 	append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size | pad-to 6336k | \
 	append-loader-okli-uimage $(1) | pad-to 64k
+  DEFAULT := n
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += qca_ap143-8m