diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-bsp.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-bsp.inc
index 083177dc..f19a0c9c 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-bsp.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-bsp.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # well as a dedicated machine override.
 
 # Supported options are: mainline, next, ti-6_12, ti-6_6, ti-6_1
-TI_PREFERRED_BSP ??= "ti-6_6"
+TI_PREFERRED_BSP ??= "ti-6_12"
 
 # Use bsp-* namespace for overrides
 MACHINEOVERRIDES =. "bsp-${TI_PREFERRED_BSP}:"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti-staging_2025.01.bb b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti-staging_2025.01.bb
index e71008fa..4a3b347d 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti-staging_2025.01.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti-staging_2025.01.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 require u-boot-ti.inc
 
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
-
 include ${@ 'recipes-bsp/u-boot/ti-extras.inc' if d.getVar('TI_EXTRAS') else ''}
 
 PR = "r0"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging-systest_6.12.bb b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging-systest_6.12.bb
index 8ce23368..b0dcab52 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging-systest_6.12.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging-systest_6.12.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 require linux-ti-staging_6.12.bb
 
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
-
 # Look in the generic major.minor directory for files
 # This will have priority over generic non-rt path
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}-6.12:"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_6.12.bb b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_6.12.bb
index 7f61b8ab..2ddced64 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_6.12.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_6.12.bb
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6bc538ed5bd9a7fc9398086aedcd7e46"
 inherit ti-secdev
 inherit kernel
 
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
-
 require recipes-kernel/linux/setup-defconfig.inc
 require recipes-kernel/linux/ti-kernel.inc
 include ${@ 'recipes-kernel/linux/ti-kernel-devicetree-prefix.inc' if d.getVar('KERNEL_DEVICETREE_PREFIX') else ''}