diff --git a/include/configs/mx51evk.h b/include/configs/mx51evk.h
index 4545a80bcaeaf906ad2fce8e49165975bdf9a23e..fae621c0e9617a850b1fbaf6bac35df1c3360ea9 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx51evk.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx51evk.h
@@ -160,11 +160,9 @@
 	"ip_dyn=yes\0" \
 	"mmcdev=0\0" \
 	"mmcpart=2\0" \
-	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p3 rw\0" \
-	"mmcrootfstype=ext3 rootwait\0" \
+	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p3 rootwait rw\0" \
 	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=ttymxc0,${baudrate} " \
-		"root=${mmcroot} " \
-		"rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype}\0" \
+		"root=${mmcroot}\0" \
 	"loadbootscript=" \
 		"fatload mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${loadaddr} ${script};\0" \
 	"bootscript=echo Running bootscript from mmc ...; " \