diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index f9f2e5e8ec..20ee4a2266 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -73,13 +73,6 @@ menu "Toolchain"
         help
             relative path to the ROMFS root directory
 
-    config BOARD_ROOTFSDIR
-        string "Root directory"
-        depends on PLATFORM_POSIX
-        default "."
-        help
-            Configure the root directory in the file system for PX4 files
-
     config BOARD_IO
         string "IO board name"
         default "px4_io-v2_default"
diff --git a/boards/modalai/voxl2/default.px4board b/boards/modalai/voxl2/default.px4board
index 20860e3fce..63023ff4b9 100644
--- a/boards/modalai/voxl2/default.px4board
+++ b/boards/modalai/voxl2/default.px4board
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_PLATFORM_POSIX=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LINUX_TARGET=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_TOOLCHAIN="aarch64-linux-gnu"
-CONFIG_BOARD_ROOTFSDIR="/data/px4"
+CONFIG_BOARD_ROOT_PATH="/data/px4"
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_ACTUATORS_VOXL_ESC=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_GPS=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_OSD_MSP_OSD=y
diff --git a/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/defines.h b/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/defines.h
index 3b420f95f1..eba5e944d9 100644
--- a/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/defines.h
+++ b/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/defines.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
 extern long PX4_TICKS_PER_SEC;
 __END_DECLS
 
-#define PX4_ROOTFSDIR CONFIG_BOARD_ROOTFSDIR
+#define PX4_ROOTFSDIR CONFIG_BOARD_ROOT_PATH
 
 // Qurt doesn't have an SD card for storage
 #ifndef __PX4_QURT