diff --git a/make_helpers/defaults.mk b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
index a80a491..751f834 100644
--- a/make_helpers/defaults.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
 # Flag to enable new version of image loading
 LOAD_IMAGE_V2			:= 0
 
-# Use the new console API that allows registering more than one console instance
-# at once. Use = instead of := to dynamically default to ERROR_DEPRECATED.
-MULTI_CONSOLE_API		= $(ERROR_DEPRECATED)
+# Enable use of the console API allowing multiple consoles to be registered
+# at the same time.
+MULTI_CONSOLE_API		:= 0
 
 # NS timer register save and restore
 NS_TIMER_SWITCH			:= 0