diff --git a/board/freescale/mx53smd/mx53smd.c b/board/freescale/mx53smd/mx53smd.c
index 4a7ee550d52b28f6d08d92d6cb6eb73f3112c38c..776784f5ec5d02dbf51c7fc64033443449e5c3c2 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx53smd/mx53smd.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx53smd/mx53smd.c
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ int board_early_init_f(void)
 
 int board_init(void)
 {
-	gd->bd->bi_arch_number = MACH_TYPE_MX53_SMD;
 	/* address of boot parameters */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = PHYS_SDRAM_1 + 0x100;
 
diff --git a/include/configs/mx53smd.h b/include/configs/mx53smd.h
index 49f8c6e8e7729af4d9af4ce2af75cbe7c9a3f9b7..261f0bc45c4c486dbffe03c0694864d98c2c370e 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53smd.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53smd.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2011 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  *
- * Configuration settings for the MX53-SMDFreescale board.
+ * Configuration settings for the MX53SMD Freescale board.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
 
+#define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	MACH_TYPE_MX53_SMD
+
 #include <asm/arch/imx-regs.h>
 
 #define CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG			/* enable passing of ATAGs */