diff --git a/board/freescale/m5253demo/Kconfig b/board/freescale/m5253demo/Kconfig
index 303d29bc23..0ecce875d1 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m5253demo/Kconfig
+++ b/board/freescale/m5253demo/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 if TARGET_M5253DEMO
 
+config FLASH_CFI_LEGACY
+	depends on SYS_FLASH_CFI
+	def_bool y
+
 config SYS_CPU
 	default "mcf52x2"
 
diff --git a/include/configs/M5253DEMO.h b/include/configs/M5253DEMO.h
index 88c2bbbf25..b88280c90c 100644
--- a/include/configs/M5253DEMO.h
+++ b/include/configs/M5253DEMO.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
  * 0x30 is block erase in SST
  */
 #	define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_SIZE		0x800000
-#	define CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_LEGACY
 #else
 #	define CONFIG_SYS_SST_SECT		2048
 #	define CONFIG_SYS_SST_SECTSZ		0x1000