diff --git a/include/configs/stxssa.h b/include/configs/stxssa.h
index c88d534fc..f480bd530 100644
--- a/include/configs/stxssa.h
+++ b/include/configs/stxssa.h
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
  */
 #define CFG_LONGHELP			/* undef to save memory		*/
 #define CFG_PROMPT	"SSA=> "	/* Monitor Command Prompt	*/
-#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_KGDB)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_KGDB)
 #define CFG_CBSIZE	1024		/* Console I/O Buffer Size	*/
 #else
 #define CFG_CBSIZE	256		/* Console I/O Buffer Size	*/
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 /* Cache Configuration */
 #define CFG_DCACHE_SIZE		32768
 #define CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE	32
-#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_KGDB)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_KGDB)
 #define CFG_CACHELINE_SHIFT	5	/* log base 2 of the above value */
 #endif
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 #define BOOTFLAG_COLD	0x01		/* Normal Power-On: Boot from FLASH */
 #define BOOTFLAG_WARM	0x02		/* Software reboot		*/
 
-#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_KGDB)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_KGDB)
 #define CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE	230400	/* speed to run kgdb serial port */
 #define CONFIG_KGDB_SER_INDEX	2	/* which serial port to use */
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/stxxtc.h b/include/configs/stxxtc.h
index 614a04610..d0d85812f 100644
--- a/include/configs/stxxtc.h
+++ b/include/configs/stxxtc.h
@@ -100,19 +100,22 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE	1	/* allow modification of vendor params */
 
-#define CONFIG_COMMANDS       ( CONFIG_CMD_DFL	| \
-				CFG_CMD_NAND	| \
-				CFG_CMD_DHCP	| \
-				CFG_CMD_PING  	| \
-				CFG_CMD_MII	| \
-				CFG_CMD_NFS)
+
+/*
+ * Command line configuration.
+ */
+#include <config_cmd_default.h>
+
+#define CONFIG_CMD_DHCP
+#define CONFIG_CMD_MII
+#define CONFIG_CMD_NAND
+#define CONFIG_CMD_NFS
+#define CONFIG_CMD_PING
+
 
 #define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F	1
 #define CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R
 
-/* this must be included AFTER the definition of CONFIG_COMMANDS (if any) */
-#include <cmd_confdefs.h>
-
 /*
  * Miscellaneous configurable options
  */
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@
 #define CFG_HUSH_PARSER	1
 #define CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2	"> "
 
-#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_KGDB)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_KGDB)
 #define	CFG_CBSIZE	1024		/* Console I/O Buffer Size	*/
 #else
 #define	CFG_CBSIZE	256		/* Console I/O Buffer Size	*/
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@
  * Cache Configuration
  */
 #define CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE	16	/* For all MPC8xx CPUs */
-#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_KGDB)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_KGDB)
 #define CFG_CACHELINE_SHIFT	4	/* log base 2 of the above value */
 #endif