diff --git a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
index 9a18ebe855f..43978f63cfe 100644
--- a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
+++ b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 # CONFIG_RELAY is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
-CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
-CONFIG_RD_BZIP2=y
-CONFIG_RD_LZMA=y
-CONFIG_RD_XZ=y
-CONFIG_RD_LZO=y
+# CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
+# CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
+# CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
+# CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set
+# CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 CONFIG_RD_LZ4=y
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=".gz"
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=".lz4"
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
@@ -5391,11 +5391,6 @@ CONFIG_XZ_DEC_ARMTHUMB=y
 CONFIG_XZ_DEC_SPARC=y
 CONFIG_XZ_DEC_BCJ=y
 # CONFIG_XZ_DEC_TEST is not set
-CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_GZIP=y
-CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_BZIP2=y
-CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_LZMA=y
-CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_XZ=y
-CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_LZO=y
 CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_LZ4=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR=y
 CONFIG_XARRAY_MULTI=y
diff --git a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf
index cdb175ae282..a2a6548133c 100644
--- a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_XZ=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZO=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4=y
-CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP is not set
 # CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA is not set
 # CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ is not set
 # CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO is not set
-# CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4 is not set
+CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="@DISTRONAME@"
 CONFIG_SWAP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
 # CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=".gz"
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE=y
+# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP is not set
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=""
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
diff --git a/projects/Allwinner/options b/projects/Allwinner/options
index db028ec6df3..bc5690cb934 100644
--- a/projects/Allwinner/options
+++ b/projects/Allwinner/options
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
   # Additional kernel make parameters (for example to specify the u-boot loadaddress)
     KERNEL_MAKE_EXTRACMD="dtbs"
 
+  # Additional kernel dependencies
+    KERNEL_EXTRA_DEPENDS_TARGET="lz4:host"
+
   # Kernel to use. values can be:
   # default:  default mainline kernel
     LINUX="default"
diff --git a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
index 1103460cc35..477a8298561 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
+++ b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ CONFIG_NET_NS=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
-CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=".gz"
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=""
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
diff --git a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf
index 1fd60bd1934..f5b7fed549c 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
 # CONFIG_INITRAMFS_FORCE is not set
-CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=".gz"
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=""
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
diff --git a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf
index 2e3ed09419b..bad58631c0e 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
 # CONFIG_INITRAMFS_FORCE is not set
-CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=".gz"
+CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION=""
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y