diff --git a/sys/arch/shark/conf/GENERIC b/sys/arch/shark/conf/GENERIC
index 1a32c59e4948..ecb215646e5e 100644
--- a/sys/arch/shark/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/arch/shark/conf/GENERIC
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.70 2007/07/31 19:35:37 jmmv Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.71 2007/08/05 13:37:31 jmmv Exp $
 #
 # Generic Shark configuration.
 #
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include	"arch/shark/conf/std.shark"
 
 options 	INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE	# embed config file in kernel binary
 
-#ident		"GENERIC-$Revision: 1.70 $"
+#ident		"GENERIC-$Revision: 1.71 $"
 
 # estimated number of users
 maxusers	32
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ options 	WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_RAWKBD		# can get raw scancodes
 #options 	WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT
 # enable VGA raster mode capable of displaying multilingual text on console
 #options 	VGA_RASTERCONSOLE
-# the font to be used by vga(4); the hardware built-in font is broken
-options 	FONT_VT220L8x16
 
 config		netbsd		root on ? type ?
 
diff --git a/sys/arch/shark/conf/INSTALL b/sys/arch/shark/conf/INSTALL
index 2218e8d9a0da..c8acce253f93 100644
--- a/sys/arch/shark/conf/INSTALL
+++ b/sys/arch/shark/conf/INSTALL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.32 2007/07/31 19:51:58 jmmv Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.33 2007/08/05 13:37:31 jmmv Exp $
 #
 #	Shark installation kernel
 #
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ options 	WSEMUL_VT100		# VT100 / VT220 emulation
 #options 	WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT
 # enable VGA raster mode capable of displaying multilingual text on console
 #options 	VGA_RASTERCONSOLE
-# the font to be used by vga(4); the hardware built-in font is broken
-options 	FONT_VT220L8x16
 
 config		netbsd		root on ? type ffs	# root on miniroot
 
diff --git a/sys/arch/shark/conf/std.shark b/sys/arch/shark/conf/std.shark
index a4c3073b696b..73f55f0877a7 100644
--- a/sys/arch/shark/conf/std.shark
+++ b/sys/arch/shark/conf/std.shark
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: std.shark,v 1.5 2005/12/11 12:19:02 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: std.shark,v 1.6 2007/08/05 13:37:31 jmmv Exp $
 #
 # standard NetBSD/shark options
 
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ options 	ARM32
 
 # XXX
 options 	OFW
+
+# The font to be used by vga(4); the hardware built-in font is broken.
+# This also requires wsfont to be useful.  Does not disturb if it is
+# not enabled.
+options 	FONT_VT220L8x16