diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
index f797f3f..b5f75d1 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@
 	"console=ttyO2,115200n8\0" \
 	"mmcdev=0\0" \
 	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
-		"root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw " \
-		"rootfstype=ext3 rootwait\0" \
+		"root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait\0" \
 	"nandargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
 		"root=/dev/mtdblock4 rw " \
 		"rootfstype=jffs2\0" \