diff --git a/board/freescale/mpc8641hpcn/mpc8641hpcn.c b/board/freescale/mpc8641hpcn/mpc8641hpcn.c
index cd2ce4b75a..e3916fc8e4 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mpc8641hpcn/mpc8641hpcn.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mpc8641hpcn/mpc8641hpcn.c
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@
 
 phys_size_t fixed_sdram(void);
 
-int board_early_init_f(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int checkboard(void)
 {
 	u8 vboot;
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8641HPCN.h b/include/configs/MPC8641HPCN.h
index 0cca603ff7..0ddb76f868 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8641HPCN.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8641HPCN.h
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ extern unsigned long get_board_sys_clk(unsigned long dummy);
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ	get_board_sys_clk(0)
 #endif
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F	1	/* Call board_pre_init */
-
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START	0x00200000	/* memtest region */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END		0x00400000