diff --git a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
index 9ae5db5..320f6e6 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
@@ -1,51 +1,21 @@
 BR2_powerpc64le=y
 BR2_powerpc_power8=y
-BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM=y
-BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9=y
-
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_4_4=y
+BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_X=y
 BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
 BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
-
-BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME="witherspoon"
-BR2_OPENPOWER_XML_PACKAGE="witherspoon-xml"
-BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="witherspoon.config"
-
-BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARY_SBE_FILENAME="nimbus_sbe.img.ecc"
-BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARY_SBEC_FILENAME="centaur_sbec_pad.img.ecc"
-BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARY_WINK_FILENAME="p9n.ref_image.hdr.bin.ecc"
-
-BR2_OCC_BIN_FILENAME="occ.bin"
-
-BR2_WITHERSPOON_SYSTEM_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.system.xml"
-BR2_WITHERSPOON_MRW_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.mrw.xml"
-BR2_WITHERSPOON_BIOS_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_bios.xml"
-
-BR2_OPENPOWER_TARGETING_BIN_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_HB.targeting.bin"
-BR2_OPENPOWER_TARGETING_ECC_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_HB.targeting.bin.ecc"
-BR2_CAPP_UCODE_BIN_FILENAME="cappucode.bin"
-
-BR2_OPENPOWER_PNOR_XML_LAYOUT_FILENAME="defaultPnorLayoutWithGoldenSide.xml"
-BR2_OPENPOWER_PNOR_FILENAME="witherspoon.pnor"
-BR2_OPENPOWER_PNOR_UPDATE_FILENAME="witherspoon_update.pnor"
-
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="skiroot"
-
-# petitboot requirements
-BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE=y
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="../openpower/device_table.txt"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="hvc0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C de en es fr it ja ko pt_BR ru zh_CN zh_TW"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8 de_DE.UTF-8 es_ES.UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8 ja_JP.UTF-8 ko_KR.UTF-8 pt_BR.UTF-8 ru_RU.UTF-8 zh_CN.UTF-8 zh_TW.UTF-8"
-BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="hvc0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="../openpower/overlay"
-BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="../openpower/device_table.txt"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="../openpower/scripts/fixup-target-var"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.8-rc8.tar.xz"
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH=""
-BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_4_4=y
-BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_X=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/configs/linux/skiroot_defconfig"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE_EPAPR=y
@@ -54,16 +24,34 @@
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_BNX2X=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_CXGB4_T4=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_I2C_TOOLS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_IPMITOOL=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_MDADM=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR=y
 # BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR_SERVER is not set
 BR2_PACKAGE_ETHTOOL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_NETCAT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RSYNC=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT_MTD=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_IPMITOOL=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_MDADM=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_XZ=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y
+BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM=y
+BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9=y
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="witherspoon.config"
+BR2_OPENPOWER_PNOR_XML_LAYOUT_FILENAME="defaultPnorLayoutWithGoldenSide.xml"
+BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME="witherspoon"
+BR2_OPENPOWER_XML_PACKAGE="witherspoon-xml"
+BR2_OPENPOWER_PNOR_FILENAME="witherspoon.pnor"
+BR2_OPENPOWER_PNOR_UPDATE_FILENAME="witherspoon_update.pnor"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARY_SBE_FILENAME="nimbus_sbe.img.ecc"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARY_SBEC_FILENAME="centaur_sbec_pad.img.ecc"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARY_WINK_FILENAME="p9n.ref_image.hdr.bin.ecc"
+BR2_OPENPOWER_TARGETING_BIN_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_HB.targeting.bin"
+BR2_OPENPOWER_TARGETING_ECC_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_HB.targeting.bin.ecc"
+BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT_MTD=y
+BR2_OCC_BIN_FILENAME="occ.bin"
+BR2_CAPP_UCODE_BIN_FILENAME="cappucode.bin"
 BR2_PACKAGE_LOADKEYS=y
+BR2_WITHERSPOON_SYSTEM_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.system.xml"
+BR2_WITHERSPOON_MRW_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.mrw.xml"
+BR2_WITHERSPOON_BIOS_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_bios.xml"