diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 15cb7f5c95..8660b4b90c 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ static const uint32_t menu_title_color        = 0xff64ff64;
 static bool default_block_config_read = false;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef RARCH_CONSOLE
+/* Turn per-core configs off for PS3 for now until we can get this to work fine again */
+#if defined(RARCH_CONSOLE) && !defined(__CELLOS_LV2__)
 static bool default_core_specific_config = true;
 #else
 static bool default_core_specific_config = false;