diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index bf40676..844fe86 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@
 SOBJS-y	+= reloc.o
 
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_BAT_RW) += bat_rw.o
+ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 COBJS-y	+= board.o
+endif
 COBJS-y	+= bootm.o
 COBJS-y	+= cache.o
 COBJS-y	+= extable.o
@@ -66,6 +68,11 @@
 COBJS-${CONFIG_CMD_IDE} += ide.o
 COBJS-y	+= time.o
 
+# Don't include the MPC5xxx special memcpy into the
+# SPL U-Boot image. memcpy is used in the SPL NOR
+# flash driver. And we need the real, fast memcpy
+# here. We have no problems with unaligned access.
+ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 # Workaround for local bus unaligned access problems
 # on MPC512x and MPC5200
 ifdef CONFIG_MPC512X
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@
 $(obj)ppcstring.o: AFLAGS += -Dmemcpy=__memcpy
 COBJS-y += memcpy_mpc5200.o
 endif
+endif
 
 endif # not minimal