diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 94675b48a771..875f702d694f 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += memremap.o
 $(obj)/configs.o: $(obj)/config_data.h
 
 targets += config_data.gz
-$(obj)/config_data.gz: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) FORCE
+$(obj)/config_data.gz: arch/arm64/configs/mojito_defconfig FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
 
       filechk_ikconfiggz = (echo "static const char kernel_config_data[] __used = MAGIC_START"; cat $< | scripts/basic/bin2c; echo "MAGIC_END;")