diff --git a/configs/am335x_pdu001_defconfig b/configs/am335x_pdu001_defconfig
index 792d2165bcfc..d3a0cb88cb65 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_pdu001_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_pdu001_defconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-EETS-1.0.0"
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT is not set
diff --git a/configs/bcm7260_defconfig b/configs/bcm7260_defconfig
index 55e290c76689..a2707a0da5d7 100644
--- a/configs/bcm7260_defconfig
+++ b/configs/bcm7260_defconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 CONFIG_PREBOOT="fdt addr ${fdtcontroladdr};fdt move ${fdtcontroladdr} ${fdtsaveaddr};fdt addr ${fdtsaveaddr};"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="U-Boot>"
 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV=y
diff --git a/configs/bcm7445_defconfig b/configs/bcm7445_defconfig
index 338f525bf5c9..65c4b33a5880 100644
--- a/configs/bcm7445_defconfig
+++ b/configs/bcm7445_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 CONFIG_PREBOOT="fdt addr ${fdtcontroladdr};fdt move ${fdtcontroladdr} ${fdtsaveaddr};fdt addr ${fdtsaveaddr};"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="U-Boot>"
 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV=y
diff --git a/configs/cl-som-imx7_defconfig b/configs/cl-som-imx7_defconfig
index c1eac88fcd5f..a38c6c242956 100644
--- a/configs/cl-som-imx7_defconfig
+++ b/configs/cl-som-imx7_defconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x00911000
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/mach-imx/spl_sd.cfg"
 CONFIG_SPI_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_BOUNCE_BUFFER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x80
diff --git a/configs/controlcenterdc_defconfig b/configs/controlcenterdc_defconfig
index 4ac46ff75941..df609d503665 100644
--- a/configs/controlcenterdc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/controlcenterdc_defconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
 CONFIG_LAST_STAGE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
diff --git a/configs/hsdk_4xd_defconfig b/configs/hsdk_4xd_defconfig
index 5fe6f75006c9..a6c917737265 100644
--- a/configs/hsdk_4xd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/hsdk_4xd_defconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ=500000000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200n8"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
diff --git a/configs/hsdk_defconfig b/configs/hsdk_defconfig
index 4b767169fc2c..30c9402de64e 100644
--- a/configs/hsdk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/hsdk_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ=500000000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200n8"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
diff --git a/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig b/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig
index c13a954b366f..871f784b49b0 100644
--- a/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT_EXTERNAL_OFFSET=0x3000
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_GENERATOR="arch/arm/mach-imx/mkimage_fit_atf.sh"
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/imximage.cfg"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 # CONFIG_BOOTM_NETBSD is not set
diff --git a/configs/mccmon6_nor_defconfig b/configs/mccmon6_nor_defconfig
index 2750747ecef1..9e18fb3de015 100644
--- a/configs/mccmon6_nor_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mccmon6_nor_defconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/liebherr/mccmon6/mon6_imximage_nor.cfg"
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_BOUNCE_BUFFER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_IMAGE_TINY=y
diff --git a/configs/mccmon6_sd_defconfig b/configs/mccmon6_sd_defconfig
index 6c72a5183f1b..c7a00e465151 100644
--- a/configs/mccmon6_sd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mccmon6_sd_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/liebherr/mccmon6/mon6_imximage_sd.cfg"
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_BOUNCE_BUFFER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig b/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
index 2eab6f219af1..1dca2455c819 100644
--- a/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE=y
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DM=y
diff --git a/configs/pico-imx8mq_defconfig b/configs/pico-imx8mq_defconfig
index cf1f10ad085f..2eeec09f1bbd 100644
--- a/configs/pico-imx8mq_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pico-imx8mq_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT_EXTERNAL_OFFSET=0x3000
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_GENERATOR="arch/arm/mach-imx/mkimage_fit_atf.sh"
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/imximage.cfg"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 # CONFIG_BOOTM_NETBSD is not set
diff --git a/configs/stm32f746-disco_defconfig b/configs/stm32f746-disco_defconfig
index be030bfb3714..58e854aea0dc 100644
--- a/configs/stm32f746-disco_defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32f746-disco_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk consoleblank=0 ignore_loglevel"
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
diff --git a/configs/stm32f769-disco_defconfig b/configs/stm32f769-disco_defconfig
index 09fbcc968fc5..0cda06e1afda 100644
--- a/configs/stm32f769-disco_defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32f769-disco_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk consoleblank=0 ignore_loglevel"
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
diff --git a/configs/stm32h743-disco_defconfig b/configs/stm32h743-disco_defconfig
index 21ea90a2c1a7..1d94032ef0b6 100644
--- a/configs/stm32h743-disco_defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32h743-disco_defconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="stm32h743i-disco"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="U-Boot > "
diff --git a/configs/stm32h743-eval_defconfig b/configs/stm32h743-eval_defconfig
index 432fce0181ce..6fd8cd84d4ce 100644
--- a/configs/stm32h743-eval_defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32h743-eval_defconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="stm32h743i-eval"
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="U-Boot > "
diff --git a/include/configs/bcmstb.h b/include/configs/bcmstb.h
index d1120fbb7453..24569f7d94a8 100644
--- a/include/configs/bcmstb.h
+++ b/include/configs/bcmstb.h
@@ -160,6 +160,5 @@ extern phys_addr_t prior_stage_fdt_address;
  * Set fdtaddr to prior stage-provided DTB in board_late_init, when
  * writeable environment is available.
  */
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 
 #endif /* __BCMSTB_H */
diff --git a/include/configs/cl-som-imx7.h b/include/configs/cl-som-imx7.h
index 78f73fc915ed..07f1893d1154 100644
--- a/include/configs/cl-som-imx7.h
+++ b/include/configs/cl-som-imx7.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 /* Size of malloc() pool */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(32 * SZ_1M)
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
-
 /* Network */
 #define CONFIG_FEC_MXC
 #define CONFIG_FEC_XCV_TYPE             RGMII
diff --git a/include/configs/controlcenterdc.h b/include/configs/controlcenterdc.h
index a326a1c83db5..00e5c8f7943e 100644
--- a/include/configs/controlcenterdc.h
+++ b/include/configs/controlcenterdc.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_CUSTOMER_BOARD_SUPPORT
 
 #define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT	/* disable board lowlevel_init */
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 
 /*
  * TEXT_BASE needs to be below 16MiB, since this area is scrubbed
diff --git a/include/configs/hsdk-4xd.h b/include/configs/hsdk-4xd.h
index 4628108075ed..5678f0a77bb7 100644
--- a/include/configs/hsdk-4xd.h
+++ b/include/configs/hsdk-4xd.h
@@ -115,6 +115,5 @@ setenv core_iccm_3 0x6; setenv core_dccm_3 0x6;\0"
 /*
  * Callback configuration
  */
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 
 #endif /* _CONFIG_HSDK_H_ */
diff --git a/include/configs/hsdk.h b/include/configs/hsdk.h
index 7735cc172080..3cc3b8c0ae2c 100644
--- a/include/configs/hsdk.h
+++ b/include/configs/hsdk.h
@@ -114,6 +114,5 @@ setenv core_iccm_3 0x6; setenv core_dccm_3 0x6;\0"
 /*
  * Callback configuration
  */
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 
 #endif /* _CONFIG_HSDK_H_ */
diff --git a/include/configs/imx8mq_evk.h b/include/configs/imx8mq_evk.h
index 3835eab06236..f71efd45abdb 100644
--- a/include/configs/imx8mq_evk.h
+++ b/include/configs/imx8mq_evk.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_REMAKE_ELF
 
 #define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 
 /* ENET Config */
 /* ENET1 */
diff --git a/include/configs/mccmon6.h b/include/configs/mccmon6.h
index ee942a48fc88..0c383e94cc02 100644
--- a/include/configs/mccmon6.h
+++ b/include/configs/mccmon6.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 /* Size of malloc() pool */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * SZ_1M)
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 #define CONFIG_MXC_UART_BASE		UART1_BASE
 
 /* MMC Configuration */
diff --git a/include/configs/mx53ppd.h b/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
index aac9ec62b26c..bb6d82d32749 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 /* Size of malloc() pool */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * 1024 * 1024)
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 #define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
 
 /* USB Configs */
diff --git a/include/configs/pdu001.h b/include/configs/pdu001.h
index 78a1a86431ce..d524f3cbcf01 100644
--- a/include/configs/pdu001.h
+++ b/include/configs/pdu001.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #define MACH_TYPE_PDU001	5075
 #define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	MACH_TYPE_PDU001
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 
 /* Clock Defines */
 #define V_OSCK			24000000  /* Clock output from T2 */
diff --git a/include/configs/pico-imx8mq.h b/include/configs/pico-imx8mq.h
index 708e9c7436be..2ae13b30ee53 100644
--- a/include/configs/pico-imx8mq.h
+++ b/include/configs/pico-imx8mq.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_REMAKE_ELF
 
 #define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 
 /* ENET Config */
 /* ENET1 */
diff --git a/include/configs/stm32f746-disco.h b/include/configs/stm32f746-disco.h
index c20c8a747851..f7a713dd22ad 100644
--- a/include/configs/stm32f746-disco.h
+++ b/include/configs/stm32f746-disco.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 			"ramdisk_addr_r=0xC0438000\0"		\
 			BOOTENV
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
 
 /* For SPL */
diff --git a/include/configs/stm32h743-disco.h b/include/configs/stm32h743-disco.h
index 71d6ab0c4ef3..afc98ae791b4 100644
--- a/include/configs/stm32h743-disco.h
+++ b/include/configs/stm32h743-disco.h
@@ -45,6 +45,4 @@
 			"ramdisk_addr_r=0xD0438000\0"		\
 			BOOTENV
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
-
 #endif /* __CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/include/configs/stm32h743-eval.h b/include/configs/stm32h743-eval.h
index cbbe9252d525..66af8f50d903 100644
--- a/include/configs/stm32h743-eval.h
+++ b/include/configs/stm32h743-eval.h
@@ -45,6 +45,4 @@
 			"ramdisk_addr_r=0xD0438000\0"		\
 			BOOTENV
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
-
 #endif /* __CONFIG_H */
