diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 3ff0345dd844..ed6e7ec60eff
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -545,8 +545,6 @@ export RCS_TAR_IGNORE := --exclude SCCS --exclude BitKeeper --exclude .svn \
 
 # ===========================================================================
 # Rules shared between *config targets and build targets
-CFLAGS_KERNEL	+= -D$(HWBOARD_FLAG)
-CFLAGS_MODULE	+= -D$(HWBOARD_FLAG)
 
 # Basic helpers built in scripts/basic/
 PHONY += scripts_basic