diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk
index f357b86413..c251634a5a 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ define Device/tplink_archer-c20-v4
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.bin tftp-recovery.bin
   IMAGE/tftp-recovery.bin := pad-extra 128k | $$(IMAGE/factory.bin)
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES += tplink,c20-v4
+  DEFAULT := n
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += tplink_archer-c20-v4