diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
index bab7f533a27aec4a6f9e1c743b13b4c6ca7161c8..8cc6e38cad672fb6fadff018c38cfaf2e1ddcfa8 100644
--- a/include/image.mk
+++ b/include/image.mk
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ define Device/Init
   PAGESIZE :=
   SUBPAGESIZE :=
   VID_HDR_OFFSET :=
-  UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
+  UBINIZE_OPTS :=
   UBINIZE_PARTS :=
   MKUBIFS_OPTS :=
 
diff --git a/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile
index 2f45a7b440597b7c478d1dba569ad6fcc1ec8c00..e2665acefa4a6d013bbd22e86c9f765d06859351 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ define Device/Default
   IMAGES := trx
   BLOCKSIZE := 128k
   PAGESIZE := 2048
-  UBINIZE_OPTS :=
   IMAGE/trx := append-ubi | trx-nand
 endef
 
diff --git a/target/linux/imx6/image/Makefile b/target/linux/imx6/image/Makefile
index 86e3308c79fb934d3fc2bcceb2b7407b34687deb..3ff1d363d9845c4b04ef38ef42b594223cf2d719 100644
--- a/target/linux/imx6/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/imx6/image/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ define Device/ventana
 	kobs-ng
   KERNEL += | boot-overlay
   IMAGES := nand.ubi bootfs.tar.gz
-  UBINIZE_OPTS :=
   UBINIZE_PARTS = boot=$$(KDIR_KERNEL_IMAGE).boot.ubifs=15
   IMAGE/nand.ubi := append-ubi
   IMAGE/bootfs.tar.gz := bootfs.tar.gz | install-dtb
diff --git a/target/linux/kirkwood/image/Makefile b/target/linux/kirkwood/image/Makefile
index 33eaa4f4b258e8e07ee6a6a25a935e8d4cf1469b..03a9873c9f3ee66d8de616d69aea496f153d2fc4 100644
--- a/target/linux/kirkwood/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/kirkwood/image/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ define Device/Default
   SUBPAGESIZE := 512
   BLOCKSIZE := 128k
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.tar
+  UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar
 endef
 
diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile b/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile
index 7900fb9ddb4f0e3a6f03034b3d60e26fcdd6fd38..c855cca42cc4f917ff35f762e64c2804c0153091 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ endef
 
 define Device/UBI-factory
   $(Device/UBI)
+  UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
   IMAGES += factory.img
   IMAGE/factory.img := append-kernel $$$$(KERNEL_SIZE) | append-ubi | pad-to $$$$(PAGESIZE)
 endef
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk
index 769b86b81bcb90bdd698d66f169a2a620c3920f0..ceed8ab4f1799aadafea6d4dbfaac8e60b4d220f 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ define Device/wf-2881
   FILESYSTEMS := squashfs
   IMAGE_SIZE := 129280k
   KERNEL := $(KERNEL_DTB) | pad-offset $$(BLOCKSIZE) 64 | uImage lzma
+  UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := append-kernel | append-ubi | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
   DEVICE_TITLE := NETIS WF-2881
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb3 kmod-ledtrig-usbdev