diff --git a/sys/mips/nlm/dev/net/ucore/ld.ucore.S b/sys/mips/nlm/dev/net/ucore/ld.ucore.S
index a7d539f4c537..036f2283e1b3 100644
--- a/sys/mips/nlm/dev/net/ucore/ld.ucore.S
+++ b/sys/mips/nlm/dev/net/ucore/ld.ucore.S
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
  * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
+OUTPUT_ARCH(mips)
 ENTRY(_start)
-OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-tradbigmips)
 __DYNAMIC  =  0;
 
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