diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-apple/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-apple/board.c
index f9f8a2f278..54005f3adf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-apple/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-apple/board.c
@@ -265,3 +265,36 @@ u64 get_page_table_size(void)
 {
 	return SZ_256K;
 }
+
+int board_late_init(void)
+{
+	unsigned long base;
+	unsigned long top;
+	u32 status = 0;
+
+	/* Reserve 4M each for scriptaddr and pxefile_addr_r at the top of RAM
+	 * at least 1M below the stack.
+	 */
+	top = gd->start_addr_sp - CONFIG_STACK_SIZE - SZ_8M - SZ_1M;
+	top = ALIGN_DOWN(top, SZ_8M);
+
+	status |= env_set_hex("scriptaddr", top + SZ_4M);
+	status |= env_set_hex("pxefile_addr_r", top);
+
+	/* somewhat based on the Linux Kernel boot requirements:
+	 * align by 2M and maximal FDT size 2M
+	 */
+	base = ALIGN(gd->ram_base, SZ_2M);
+
+	status |= env_set_hex("fdt_addr_r", base);
+	status |= env_set_hex("kernel_addr_r", base + SZ_2M);
+	status |= env_set_hex("ramdisk_addr_r", base + SZ_128M);
+	status |= env_set_hex("loadaddr", base + SZ_2G);
+	status |= env_set_hex("kernel_comp_addr_r", base + SZ_2G - SZ_128M);
+	status |= env_set_hex("kernel_comp_size", SZ_128M);
+
+	if (status)
+		log_warning("late_init: Failed to set run time variables\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/configs/apple_m1_defconfig b/configs/apple_m1_defconfig
index 9254e24699..360ec3f5e0 100644
--- a/configs/apple_m1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/apple_m1_defconfig
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_APPLE=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="t8103-j274"
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x235200000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=24000000
-CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x880000000
+CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x0
 CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_NET is not set
 CONFIG_APPLE_SPI_KEYB=y
 # CONFIG_MMC is not set
diff --git a/include/configs/apple.h b/include/configs/apple.h
index f12e9bdef5..b06660add4 100644
--- a/include/configs/apple.h
+++ b/include/configs/apple.h
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 	"stdout=serial,vidconsole\0" \
 	"stderr=serial,vidconsole\0"
 
-#define ENV_MEM_LAYOUT_SETTINGS \
-	"fdt_addr_r=0x960100000\0" \
-	"kernel_addr_r=0x960200000\0"
-
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(CMD_NVME)
 	#define BOOT_TARGET_NVME(func) func(NVME, nvme, 0)
 #else
@@ -33,7 +29,6 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	ENV_DEVICE_SETTINGS \
-	ENV_MEM_LAYOUT_SETTINGS \
 	BOOTENV
 
 #endif