diff --git a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
index 8ccd63c1cc..9b5fbc254f 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
 BR2_cortex_a72=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_12=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf"
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/patches board/xilinx/linux_6.12/patches"
diff --git a/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig b/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig
index 3b600d5a10..ffa0dd86e6 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
 BR2_cortex_a72=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_12=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf"
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/versal/vek280/patches board/xilinx/patches board/xilinx/linux_6.12/patches"
diff --git a/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig b/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig
index 882a0f5937..e0966cc986 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
 BR2_cortex_a72=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_12=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf"
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/patches board/xilinx/linux_6.12/patches"