diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/Kconfig b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/Kconfig
index b97c277..178f8ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/Kconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	imply FS_CBFS
 	imply CBMEM_CONSOLE
 	imply X86_TSC_READ_BASE
+	imply USE_PREBOOT
 	select BINMAN if X86_64
 
 endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/coreboot.c b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/coreboot.c
index da43d66..82fe4c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/coreboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/coreboot.c
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* start usb so that usb keyboard can be used as input device */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD))
-		usb_init();
-
 	board_final_init();
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst b/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst
index 3ef563b..eac82cc 100644
--- a/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst
+++ b/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
       -device ide-hd,drive=disk,bus=ahci.0 \
 
 
+USB keyboard
+------------
+
+The `CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT` option is enabled by default, meaning that USB starts
+up just before the command-line starts. This allows user interaction on
+non-laptop devices which use a USB keyboard.
+
 CBFS access
 -----------