diff --git a/configs/aarch64_classic_defconfig b/configs/aarch64_classic_defconfig
index db8264e2..6500f7bc 100644
--- a/configs/aarch64_classic_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aarch64_classic_defconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Infix by KernelKit"
 BR2_INIT_FINIT=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs"
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="linux"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_CA"
diff --git a/configs/aarch64_defconfig b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
index 60789091..24535bcf 100644
--- a/configs/aarch64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BR2_INIT_FINIT=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/netconf/xattrs"
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="linux"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_CA"
diff --git a/configs/x86_64_classic_defconfig b/configs/x86_64_classic_defconfig
index 2178daed..930048ac 100644
--- a/configs/x86_64_classic_defconfig
+++ b/configs/x86_64_classic_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Infix by KernelKit"
 BR2_INIT_FINIT=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs"
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="linux"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_CA"
diff --git a/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/configs/x86_64_defconfig
index 6af091af..0077fffb 100644
--- a/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/x86_64_defconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BR2_INIT_FINIT=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/netconf/xattrs"
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="linux"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_CA"
diff --git a/configs/x86_64_minimal_defconfig b/configs/x86_64_minimal_defconfig
index f4d208e8..387de832 100644
--- a/configs/x86_64_minimal_defconfig
+++ b/configs/x86_64_minimal_defconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BR2_INIT_FINIT=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/netconf/xattrs"
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="linux"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_CA"