diff --git a/devices/gk7202v300_lite_ipg-g3-wr/general/scripts/excludes/gk7202v300_lite.list b/devices/gk7202v300_lite_ipg-g3-wr/general/scripts/excludes/gk7202v300_lite.list
index 4ee3b94db..6cf1a34dc 100644
--- a/devices/gk7202v300_lite_ipg-g3-wr/general/scripts/excludes/gk7202v300_lite.list
+++ b/devices/gk7202v300_lite_ipg-g3-wr/general/scripts/excludes/gk7202v300_lite.list
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
 /etc/sensors/gc5603_i2c_5M.ini
 /etc/sensors/imx327_i2c_1080p.ini
 /etc/sensors/iq/imx307.ini
+# imx307.ini above is the target of the osdrv package's
+# /etc/sensors/iq/default.ini symlink, and this list drops every IQ file
+# the package installs (imx307, imx335, sc2232), so there is nothing left
+# to aim it at. Drop the symlink too rather than ship a dangling one:
+# majestic's init_iq_monitor() takes the same silent no-profile path
+# either way, but a dangling link also starts resolving to the wrong
+# sensor's profile the moment one of these entries goes stale.
+# This board runs jxh63, which the package ships no IQ file for. If it
+# turns out to want one, keeping imx307.ini costs 126 KB.
+/etc/sensors/iq/default.ini
 /etc/sensors/mis2008_i2c_1080p.ini
 /etc/sensors/os02g10_i2c_1080p.ini
 /etc/sensors/sc223a_i2c_1080p.ini
diff --git a/devices/hi3516ev300_lite_xm-85h50ai/general/overlay/etc/sensors/iq/default.ini b/devices/hi3516ev300_lite_xm-85h50ai/general/overlay/etc/sensors/iq/default.ini
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..b2af41347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devices/hi3516ev300_lite_xm-85h50ai/general/overlay/etc/sensors/iq/default.ini
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+imx335.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devices/hi3516ev300_lite_xm-85h50ai/general/scripts/excludes/hi3516ev300_lite.list b/devices/hi3516ev300_lite_xm-85h50ai/general/scripts/excludes/hi3516ev300_lite.list
index 8ecab44ef..ce12d4585 100644
--- a/devices/hi3516ev300_lite_xm-85h50ai/general/scripts/excludes/hi3516ev300_lite.list
+++ b/devices/hi3516ev300_lite_xm-85h50ai/general/scripts/excludes/hi3516ev300_lite.list
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
 /etc/sensors/sp2305_i2c_1080p.ini
 /etc/sensors/sp2308_i2c_1080p.ini
 #
+# imx307.ini is what the osdrv package points /etc/sensors/iq/default.ini
+# at, so dropping it here would leave that symlink dangling and majestic
+# would load no IQ profile at all. general/overlay ships a default.ini
+# aimed at imx335.ini -- this board's sensor -- and the rootfs overlay is
+# rsynced before this list runs, so the replacement is already in place.
+#
 /etc/sensors/iq/f23.ini
 /etc/sensors/iq/imx307.ini
 /etc/sensors/high-fps/imx307_1280x720_60fps.ini