diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 220d04f958a6..6a605ba75dd6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ my %default = (
     "EMAIL_WHEN_STARTED"	=> 0,
     "NUM_TESTS"			=> 1,
     "TEST_TYPE"			=> "build",
-    "BUILD_TYPE"		=> "randconfig",
+    "BUILD_TYPE"		=> "oldconfig",
     "MAKE_CMD"			=> "make",
     "CLOSE_CONSOLE_SIGNAL"	=> "INT",
     "TIMEOUT"			=> 120,
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 10af34819642..27666b8007ed 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 #TEST = ssh user@machine /root/run_test
 
 # The build type is any make config type or special command
-#  (default randconfig)
+#  (default oldconfig)
 #   nobuild - skip the clean and build step
 #   useconfig:/path/to/config - use the given config and run
 #              oldconfig on it.