diff --git a/board/atmel/atngw100/Makefile b/board/atmel/atngw100/Makefile
index 1b5c635..9f3849f 100644
--- a/board/atmel/atngw100/Makefile
+++ b/board/atmel/atngw100/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 LIB	:= $(obj)lib$(BOARD).a
 
-COBJS	:= $(BOARD).o eth.o
+COBJS	:= $(BOARD).o
 
 SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c)
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS) $(COBJS))
diff --git a/board/atmel/atngw100/atngw100.c b/board/atmel/atngw100/atngw100.c
index f2c3e79..52c70f7 100644
--- a/board/atmel/atngw100/atngw100.c
+++ b/board/atmel/atngw100/atngw100.c
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@
 	gd->bd->bi_phy_id[1] = 0x03;
 }
 
+extern int macb_eth_initialize(int id, void *regs, unsigned int phy_addr);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NET
+int board_eth_init(bd_t *bi)
+{
+	macb_eth_initialize(0, (void *)MACB0_BASE, bi->bi_phy_id[0]);
+	macb_eth_initialize(1, (void *)MACB1_BASE, bi->bi_phy_id[1]);
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /* SPI chip select control */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ATMEL_SPI
 #include <spi.h>
diff --git a/board/atmel/atngw100/eth.c b/board/atmel/atngw100/eth.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d1d57bb..0000000
--- a/board/atmel/atngw100/eth.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2006 Atmel Corporation
- *
- * Ethernet initialization for the AVR32 Network Gateway
- *
- * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
- * project.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
- * MA 02111-1307 USA
- */
-#include <common.h>
-
-#include <asm/arch/memory-map.h>
-
-extern int macb_eth_initialize(int id, void *regs, unsigned int phy_addr);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NET
-void atngw100_eth_initialize(bd_t *bi)
-{
-	macb_eth_initialize(0, (void *)MACB0_BASE, bi->bi_phy_id[0]);
-	macb_eth_initialize(1, (void *)MACB1_BASE, bi->bi_phy_id[1]);
-}
-#endif