diff --git a/base/busybox/broken.config b/base/busybox/broken.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27a4f41ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/busybox/broken.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# broken applets
+O CONFIG_READAHEAD
+O CONFIG_TASKSET
+O CONFIG_ETHER_WAKE
diff --git a/base/busybox/busybox.conf b/base/busybox/busybox.conf
index 38006f7a8..f361ab951 100644
--- a/base/busybox/busybox.conf
+++ b/base/busybox/busybox.conf
@@ -22,18 +22,38 @@ done
 . $base/package/*/uclibc/conffiles-functions.in
 
 runconf=0
+var_append conffiles ' ' "$builddir/.config"
+
 hook_add premake 1 'busybox_config'
 busybox_config() {
 	local BB_arch=$( echo $arch | arch2uname )
 
+	# generate default config rules
+	default_config > $builddir/.config
+
 	eval $MAKE defconfig ARCH=$BB_arch
 	conffiles_loop 2 ARCH=$BB_arch
 }
 
-# add basic config
-var_append conffiles ' ' "$confdir/busybox.config"
+default_config() {
+	echo "O CONFIG_MAKEDEVS"
 
-[ "$SDECFG_STATIC" != 1 ] || var_append conffiles ' ' "$confdir/static.config"
+	if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" == 1 ]; then
+		echo "X CONFIG_STATIC"
+	else
+		echo "O CONFIG_STATIC"
+		echo "X CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX"
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_ET" = 1 ] ; then
+		echo "X CONFIG_PREFIX \"${SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_ET_DIR#/}\""
+	elif [ "$SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_SYMLINKS" = 0 ] ; then
+		echo "X CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_DONT"
+		echo "X CONFIG_PREFIX \"${root:-/}\""
+	else
+		echo "X CONFIG_PREFIX \"${root:-/}\""
+	fi
+}
 
 # add custom/target configuration from $targetdir
 if [ -e $targetdir/busybox.config ] ; then
@@ -48,18 +68,7 @@ if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_ET" = 1 ] ; then
 	var_append conffiles ' ' "$confdir/emergency.config"
 fi
 
-# FIXME: shouldn't emergency thing force the symlinks creation? (on config.in)
-
-if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_SYMLINKS" = 0 ] ; then
-	makeinstopt=''
-	hook_add postmake 5 'cp -v busybox $root/$bindir'
-else
-	if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_ET" = 1 ] ; then
-		var_append makeinstopt ' ' "CONFIG_PREFIX=${SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_ET_DIR#/}"
-	else
-		var_append makeinstopt ' ' "CONFIG_PREFIX=$root"
-	fi
-fi
+var_append conffiles ' ' $confdir/broken.config
 
 # save .config file for the future
 hook_add postdoc 9 'cp -v .config busybox.links $root/$docdir'
diff --git a/base/busybox/busybox.config b/base/busybox/busybox.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 88b468ea4..000000000
--- a/base/busybox/busybox.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# No DEVFS support
-O CONFIG_DEVFS
-O CONFIG_DEVFSD
-
-# No archean hardcoded /dev either
-O CONFIG_MAKEDEVS
-
-# broken applets
-O CONFIG_READAHEAD
-O CONFIG_TASKSET
-O CONFIG_ETHER_WAKE
-
-X CONFIG_DEVPTS
diff --git a/base/busybox/static.config b/base/busybox/static.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b785370a..000000000
--- a/base/busybox/static.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-X CONFIG_STATIC
-X CONFIG_DISABLE_SHARED