diff --git a/gen_compile.sh b/gen_compile.sh
index 5a42e54..1f83673 100644
--- a/gen_compile.sh
+++ b/gen_compile.sh
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ compile_kernel() {
 	[ "${KERNEL_MAKE}" = "" ] && gen_die "KERNEL_MAKE undefined. Don't know how to compile kernel for arch."
 	cd ${KERNEL_DIR}
 	print_info 1 "kernel: Starting compile of linux ${KV} ${KERNEL_MAKE}"
-	compile_generic "${KERNEL_MAKE}" kernel
-	if [ "${KERNEL_MAKE_2}" != "" ]
+	compile_generic "${KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE}" kernel
+	if [ "${KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE_2}" != "" ]
 	then
-		compile_generic "${KERNEL_MAKE_2}" kernel
+		compile_generic "${KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE_2}" kernel
 	fi
 	cp "${KERNEL_BINARY}" "/boot/kernel-${KV}" || gen_die "Could not copy kernel binary to boot"
 }
diff --git a/x86/config.sh b/x86/config.sh
index 504cf26..29f566f 100644
--- a/x86/config.sh
+++ b/x86/config.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # x86/config.sh
 
-KERNEL_MAKE="bzImage"
-KERNEL_MAKE_2=""
+KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE="bzImage"
+KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE_2=""
 KERNEL_BINARY="arch/i386/boot/bzImage"
 
 # The dietlibc portion of busybox is commented out right now
diff --git a/x86_64/config.sh b/x86_64/config.sh
index c063ad1..651172c 100644
--- a/x86_64/config.sh
+++ b/x86_64/config.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # x86_64/config.sh
 
-KERNEL_MAKE="bzImage"
-KERNEL_MAKE_2=""
+KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE="bzImage"
+KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE_2=""
 KERNEL_BINARY="arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage"
 
 USE_DIETLIBC=1