diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-hardware-setup b/src/freedombone-image-hardware-setup
index 9b9198919de16f5e9e75fd2ba99f993f23d48232..336fe336039d08d44579532cb5ed64947e8a61a7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-hardware-setup
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-hardware-setup
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ arm_setup_boot() {
     arm_boot_device="mmc \${mmcdev}:\${mmcpart}"
     arm_boot_start=
     arm_boot_dev=
-    arm_boot_console=
+    arm_boot_console='ttyO0,115200n8'
 
     case "$dtb" in
         "am"*) arm_loadaddr='0x82000000'
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ arm_setup_boot() {
                    arm_initrd_addr='0x81600000'
                    arm_fdtaddr='0x815f0000'
                    arm_boot_start='usb start; '
-                   arm_boot_console=';usb'
                fi
                ;;
     esac
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ mmcrootfstype=$fstype rootwait fixrtc
 mmcrootflags=subvol=@
 ${arm_boot_dev}
 
-console=ttyO0,115200n8${arm_boot_console}
+console=${arm_boot_console}
 
 kernel_file=$vmlinuz
 initrd_file=$initRd
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ setenv mmcrootfstype $fstype rootwait fixrtc
 setenv mmcrootflags subvol=@
 ${arm_boot_dev}
 
-setenv console ttyS0,115200n8${arm_boot_console}
+setenv console ${arm_boot_console}
 
 setenv kernel_file $vmlinuz
 setenv initrd_file $initRd