diff --git a/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/Makefile.sparc64 b/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/Makefile.sparc64
index 4e0feba14390..461a67634e1d 100644
--- a/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/Makefile.sparc64
+++ b/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/Makefile.sparc64
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 	$NetBSD: Makefile.sparc64,v 1.10 1999/07/09 09:53:00 mrg Exp $
+# 	$NetBSD: Makefile.sparc64,v 1.11 1999/07/18 23:51:08 eeh Exp $
 
 # Makefile for NetBSD
 #
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ OS!=uname -s
 .if (${OS} == "NetBSD")
 USE_GENASSYM?=	no
 .else
-USE_GENASSYM?=	yes
+USE_GENASSYM?=	no
+AWK=nawk
 .endif
 
 .if exists(/usr/ccs/bin/ld)
diff --git a/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/NONPLUS b/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/NONPLUS
index 964118731d3b..68ab5f4735a0 100644
--- a/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/NONPLUS
+++ b/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/NONPLUS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 	$NetBSD: NONPLUS,v 1.15 1999/06/07 05:28:03 eeh Exp $
+# 	$NetBSD: NONPLUS,v 1.16 1999/07/18 23:51:08 eeh Exp $
 
 include "arch/sparc64/conf/std.sparc64"
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ options 	COMPAT_SVR4	# SunOS 5.x binary compatibility
 options 	EXEC_ELF32	# Exec module for SunOS 5.x binaries.
 #options		EXEC_ELF64	# Exec module for SunOS 5.x binaries.
 options		SYSCALL_DEBUG
-#options		COMPAT_AOUT	# NetBSD/sparc compat support
+options		COMPAT_AOUT	# NetBSD/sparc compat support
 options 	EXEC_AOUT	# execve(2) support for a.out binaries
 
 ## File systems.  You probably need at least one of FFS or NFS.