diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 104d793be9a3..240f80b19c91 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-mainline"
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index e1c1d7c49cc5..2c853325b0a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-mainline"
 CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4=y
 # CONFIG_USELIB is not set
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y