diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index 607df061f1..fb1705e93a 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -196,24 +196,6 @@ define Build/hdd-img
 	$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP),gzip -9n -c $@ > $(BIN_DIR)/$(notdir $@).gz)
 endef
 
-define Build/uRamdisk
-	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkimage \
-		-A powerpc -T ramdisk -C gzip \
-		-n "$(DEVICE_NAME) rootfs" \
-		-d $@ $@.new
-	mv $@.new $@
-endef
-
-define Build/recovery-tar
-	sh ./mbl_gen_recovery_tar.sh \
-		--profile $(DEVICE_PROFILE) \
-		--dtb $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb \
-		--dtbname $(DEVICE_DTB) \
-		--kernel $(IMAGE_KERNEL) \
-		--rootfs $@ \
-		$@
-endef
-
 define Build/export-dtb
 	cp $(IMAGE_KERNEL).dtb $@
 endef
@@ -223,13 +205,13 @@ define Device/MyBookLiveDefault
   BLOCKSIZE := 1k
   DTB_SIZE := 16384
   KERNEL := kernel-bin | dtb | gzip | uImage gzip
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | dtb | gzip | uImage gzip
   BOOT_SIZE := 8
-  IMAGES := rootfs.img recovery.tar kernel.dtb
+  IMAGES := rootfs.img kernel.dtb
   DEVICE_DTB := apollo3g.dtb
   FILESYSTEMS := ext4
   IMAGE/kernel.dtb := export-dtb
   IMAGE/rootfs.img := boot-script | boot-img | hdd-img
-  IMAGE/recovery.tar := append-rootfs | gzip | uRamdisk | recovery-tar
 endef
 
 define Device/MyBookLiveSingle
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/mbl_gen_recovery_tar.sh b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/mbl_gen_recovery_tar.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f871aefd8c..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/mbl_gen_recovery_tar.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# based on scripts/sysupgrade-nand.sh
-
-profile=""
-dtb=""
-dtbname=""
-kernel=""
-rootfs=""
-outfile=""
-err=""
-
-while [ "$1" ]; do
-	case "$1" in
-	"--profile")
-		profile="$2"
-		shift
-		shift
-		continue
-		;;
-	"--dtb")
-		dtb="$2"
-		shift
-		shift
-		continue
-		;;
-	"--dtbname")
-		dtbname="$2"
-		shift
-		shift
-		continue
-		;;
-	"--kernel")
-		kernel="$2"
-		shift
-		shift
-		continue
-		;;
-	"--rootfs")
-		rootfs="$2"
-		shift
-		shift
-		continue
-		;;
-	*)
-		if [ ! "$outfile" ]; then
-			outfile=$1
-			shift
-			continue
-		else
-			shift
-			continue
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-if [ -z "$profile" -o ! -r "$dtb" -o ! -r "$kernel" -o ! -r "$rootfs" -o ! "$outfile" ]; then
-	echo "syntax: $0 [--profile profilename] [--dtb dtbimage] [--dtbname dtbname] [--kernel kernelimage] [--rootfs rootfs] out"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-tmpdir="$( mktemp -d 2> /dev/null )"
-if [ -z "$tmpdir" ]; then
-	# try OSX signature
-	tmpdir="$( mktemp -t 'roottmp' -d )"
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$tmpdir" ]; then
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p "${tmpdir}/${profile}"
-[ -z "${dtb}" ] || cp "${dtb}" "${tmpdir}/${profile}/${dtbname}"
-[ -z "${rootfs}" ] || cp "${rootfs}" "${tmpdir}/${profile}/uRamdisk"
-[ -z "${kernel}" ] || cp "${kernel}" "${tmpdir}/${profile}/uImage"
-
-mtime=""
-if [ -n "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" ]; then
-	mtime="--mtime=@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}"
-fi
-
-(cd "$tmpdir"; tar cvf ${profile}.tar ${profile} ${mtime})
-err="$?"
-if [ -e "$tmpdir/${profile}.tar" ]; then
-	cp "$tmpdir/${profile}.tar" "$outfile"
-else
-	err=2
-fi
-rm -rf "$tmpdir"
-
-exit $err
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/config-default b/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/config-default
index 5abc105350..b8342de049 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/config-default
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ CONFIG_SATA_DWC=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_GENERIC_PLATFORM=y
@@ -26,9 +25,6 @@ CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_DISK=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT=16
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
 CONFIG_MD=y
 CONFIG_MD_AUTODETECT=y
 # CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
@@ -37,7 +33,6 @@ CONFIG_MD_RAID0=y
 CONFIG_MD_RAID1=y
 # CONFIG_MD_RAID10 is not set
 # CONFIG_MD_RAID456 is not set
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=50331648
 CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x=y
 # CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_MEMCONS is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/target.mk b/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/target.mk
index c652fe40eb..1c7856828c 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/sata/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BOARDNAME := Devices which boot from SATA (NAS)
-FEATURES += ext4 usb
+FEATURES += ext4 usb ramdisk
 DEFAULT_PACKAGES += badblocks block-mount e2fsprogs \
 		    kmod-dm kmod-md-mod partx-utils