diff --git a/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c b/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c
index 2b2b63df51..20d221641b 100644
--- a/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c
+++ b/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-/*
- * Initialization function which happen at early stage of c code
- */
-int board_early_init_f(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Miscellaneous platform dependent initialisations
  */
diff --git a/include/configs/socfpga_common.h b/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
index 59b7f218a4..6d9347204b 100644
--- a/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  */
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
 #define CONFIG_ARCH_EARLY_INIT_R
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH
 #define CONFIG_CLOCKS