diff --git a/configs/poplar_defconfig b/configs/poplar_defconfig
index 8f6ac2de19..71ff228cad 100644
--- a/configs/poplar_defconfig
+++ b/configs/poplar_defconfig
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ CONFIG_USB_EHCI_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
 CONFIG_USB_HOST_ETHER=y
 CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX=y
+CONFIG_FAT_WRITE=y
 CONFIG_LIB_RAND=y
diff --git a/include/configs/poplar.h b/include/configs/poplar.h
index 8a12b526a8..acdce29ba9 100644
--- a/include/configs/poplar.h
+++ b/include/configs/poplar.h
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV		0
 #define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		(0x780 * 512)	/* env_mmc_blknum */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			0x10000	/* env_mmc_nblks bytes */
-#define CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
 #define CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
 
 /* Monitor Command Prompt */