diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index 607659114..03901ed94 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config GRUB_TIMEOUT
 		string "Seconds to wait before booting the default entry"
 		depends on GRUB_IMAGES
-		default "5"
+		default "0"
 		help
 		  If you don't know, 5 seconds is a reasonable default.
 
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config VMDK_IMAGES
 		bool "Build VMware image files (VMDK)"
 		depends on TARGET_x86 || TARGET_x86_64
+		default y
 		select GRUB_IMAGES
 		select TARGET_IMAGES_PAD
 		select PACKAGE_kmod-e1000
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP
 		bool "GZip images"
 		depends on TARGET_IMAGES_PAD || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_x86
-		default y
+		default n
 
 	comment "Image Options"
 
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE
 		int "Root filesystem partition size (in MB)"
 		depends on GRUB_IMAGES || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_rb532 || TARGET_mvebu || TARGET_uml
-		default 256
+		default 90
 		help
 		  Select the root filesystem partition size.